brakes cooling ?

[philippeF]

I all

I posted a few hours ago about my RS project....
"happy owner".....

May someone give me advices about brakes :
I still want to use the stock aluminium calipers to be close to the "classic era", did you experience that on tracks
Shall i cool the calipers ? to be a bit more efficient....

another question : what price would be a plastic front RS bumper, and front flares in your country ? they are a bit expensive in France

Many thanks
Philippe

[philippeF]

Flares are not the parts i'm looking for....

i'm looking for the front wings(?) the parts where are the lights

(in french they're called "wings")

best regards

Philippe

[ttweed]

Originally posted by philippeF
I still want to use the stock aluminium calipers to be close to the "classic era", did you experience that on tracks
Shall i cool the calipers ? to be a bit more efficient....

Philippe:
Yes, I would recommend cooling ducts to your front brakes if you are going to use the "S" calipers on the track. Depending on the weight of your car, the ambient temps, and how hard you drive, it is very easy to have them fade in a 20-minute track session.

i'm looking for the front wings(?) the parts where are the lights

I think we call those "fenders" over on this side of the pond. There is quite a range of pricing on FRP body parts depending on the manufacturer. RS bumpers can be around $200-350US and fenders about the same. GT Racing has their catalog online here. Search this forum for fiberglass parts discussion and you will find a lot of info.

TT

[Bill Verburg]

The ducting for cooling should go to the rotor eye w/ a blockoff to keep the cool air inside the rotor, If you want additional cooling another duct can be run to the inner face of the rotor and/or the calipers, sort of like this which is not particularly good because it counteracts the natural flow

or this which is an excellant solution

or this

[Rick Lee]

Bill, somehow you manage to make my every project seem small and underdone.