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Originally Posted by RichardNew
If you're concerned about brake heat the first thing you need to do is measure it.
You probably aren't running that hot. I've never see high temps on street car. On a track car you can go over 1100-degrees at the rotor. Even that isn't a problem if you have the correct pads.
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Thanks, Richard.
I was under the impression that cooling was good for two reasons: 1) it improves lifespan of wear components and 2) it is cheaper than bigger rotors. The thinking being that people go to bigger rotors for better heat dissipation whereas adding cooling might be a cheaper solution. Still your point about matching pads to temp/use is well taken.
Coming down the mountain roads it is possible that I am on the brakes much more than usual. How much is hard to say. But the problem is there isn't usually a good place to pull over to check the brake temps. Under normal driving circumstances I would guess that temps are rarely a problem. Never had an issue before and it could be something else besides cooling -- like the old brake lines that I know I need to replace.
I like the idea of the paint. I have a hand-held pyrometer but it's an inexpensive one.