What happens when your brakes overheat...

[CSMRX7]

Ooops!!!


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[trikypenguin]

ouch

[BenC]

oh no what did you hit?

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by BenC
oh no what did you hit?

The marsh

[CSMRX7]

A couple more


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[E46..sTyLez]

Thats rough man, that was one of the nicest FD's around too. Well, im sure it will be again. Sorry to hear...

[88CRX]

Ouch... that sucks...

Now what, jdm drifter style with no bumper?

[JRSC00LUDE]

Ouch indeed! I wouldn't need my brakes to overheat for that to happen if I was on a track.......

Must learn how to drive fast through turns.......safely that is.

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Ouch... that sucks...

Now what, jdm drifter style with no bumper?

I can't, it will overheat, so I am gonna run a new bumper.

[RedBull]

What turn did you lose your brakes in? Usually you don't end up in the marsh from loss of brakes but rather from a heavy right foot :P

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by RedBull
What turn did you lose your brakes in? Usually you don't end up in the marsh from loss of brakes but rather from a heavy right foot :P

This was a South End only event. It hapenned at the Macs crossover entrance. I find the southend is harder on brakes than the full road course!

[silver_gs-R]

Ouch!!!

damn that sucks mang.

I guess thats what happens when you overheat your brakes.

[Canmorite]

Damn!

[RedBull]

Originally posted by CSMRX7


This was a South End only event. It hapenned at the Macs crossover entrance. I find the southend is harder on brakes than the full road course!

I race a 1984 Mazda Rx-7 and trust me the full road course is BRUTAL on brakes. In my Mazda I run Hawk Blue 9012 pads front and rear with cooling ducts etc... and I'm lucky to get three race weekends in on one set of pads.

Some of the racers and exotic club members have told me that the Hawk HPS pads are a good track-day pad compound to use on a street/track car. Don't know what you are running but it could help you out!

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by RedBull


I race a 1984 Mazda Rx-7 and trust me the full road course is BRUTAL on brakes. In my Mazda I run Hawk Blue 9012 pads front and rear with cooling ducts etc... and I'm lucky to get three race weekends in on one set of pads.

Some of the racers and exotic club members have told me that the Hawk HPS pads are a good track-day pad compound to use on a street/track car. Don't know what you are running but it could help you out!

I had a set of HPS at one point, they lasted half a session on street tires. They would have been toast in 1 corner on r-compounds.

The funny thing is Tuesday was suppose to be my last day running the pads I was on, not because of wear, but because I was upgrading to higher temp pads :P

Those pads were rated to 900F, the new ones are 1500F. I agree it can be tough on pads, but the long front and back straight really cools off the brakes if you have ducting, if you just run the south end turn 7 is hard on brakes (harder than any corner on the regular road course IMO).

I atleast have temporary solution to get me until winter, car will be back up and running on Saturday.

[RedBull]

Originally posted by CSMRX7


I had a set of HPS at one point, they lasted half a session on street tires. They would have been toast in 1 corner on r-compounds.

The funny thing is Tuesday was suppose to be my last day running the pads I was on, not because of wear, but because I was upgrading to higher temp pads :P

Those pads were rated to 900F, the new ones are 1500F. I agree it can be tough on pads, but the long front and back straight really cools off the brakes if you have ducting, if you just run the south end turn 7 is hard on brakes (harder than any corner on the regular road course IMO).

I atleast have temporary solution to get me until winter, car will be back up and running on Saturday.

Well damn, guess you need to bump it up a notch. I ran the Hawk Black pads for my first season of racing and they lasted fairly well for a racing pad, little fade, etc... but with the new Hawk Blue pads wow! These things are amazing (#1 SCCA used racing pad) minus the fact that they eat my front rotors in around 100-150laps.... I was running 1:33's for lap times on the blacks but then with the new blues and a bias kit (which helped proportion the braking power more evenly) I can now run consistent 1:30's and even high 1:29's around Race City. Either way it sounds like you might need to use one of the racing compounds instead of the street ones especially if you are using R-compound tires with no ducting.

[TomcoPDR]

ouch, hopefully no fender damage.

[CSMRX7]

Originally posted by RedBull


Well damn, guess you need to bump it up a notch. I ran the Hawk Black pads for my first season of racing and they lasted fairly well for a racing pad, little fade, etc... but with the new Hawk Blue pads wow! These things are amazing (#1 SCCA used racing pad) minus the fact that they eat my front rotors in around 100-150laps.... I was running 1:33's for lap times on the blacks but then with the new blues and a bias kit (which helped proportion the braking power more evenly) I can now run consistent 1:30's and even high 1:29's around Race City. Either way it sounds like you might need to use one of the racing compounds instead of the street ones especially if you are using R-compound tires with no ducting.

Yep I am moving to a true race pad, and ducting. I am hoping this will be adequate and I won't have to go with bigger brakes.

[ekguy]

it hurts to see an fd like that but then again it's also nice to see an fd being used on a track. looks like you drive it pretty damn hard at the track

[ekguy]

rough one of the sexiest fd's in calgary gonna need a facelift thats for sure. can't wait to see what you'll do with it