FD front brakes on FIRE???
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FD front brakes on FIRE???
ok , so I had an autocross event today , which was rather Fast . and hard on the brakes 2 times in 40 seconds the car was forced to brake from second redline , to 20 mph
And the runs were back to back , so not much cooldown time .
now according to people I was stopped on my third run because my brakes were on fire . checked everything no leaks , no fire . and continued onto my final run for the session , where apparently it happened again according to the people who saw it it wasnt just sparks it was flames.
Now that kind of freaked me out that never happened before .
I Just Started using some race pads . Hawk Blacks .
Braking felt fine . all over no brake fade .
Should I be making some ducts for my brakes???
i'm not running the fender liners because my car is to low and rubs against them .
I think the liners had some kind of a brake duct
And the runs were back to back , so not much cooldown time .
now according to people I was stopped on my third run because my brakes were on fire . checked everything no leaks , no fire . and continued onto my final run for the session , where apparently it happened again according to the people who saw it it wasnt just sparks it was flames.
Now that kind of freaked me out that never happened before .
I Just Started using some race pads . Hawk Blacks .
Braking felt fine . all over no brake fade .
Should I be making some ducts for my brakes???
i'm not running the fender liners because my car is to low and rubs against them .
I think the liners had some kind of a brake duct
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i had a mercedes that did this, it was the caliper leaking. it only leaked when you applied the brakes, and so each pump of the pedal = 1 plume of smoke (fire), brakes felt and functioned ok, although i didn't drive it like that more than to get it home
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and ironicly I did notice that after the "FIRE" they stopped squeaking
but regardless tomorrow I'm going to give them a once over , I mean nothing lost from looking them over just to make sure everything is ok , and i'm gonna try braking really hard to see if any fluid squirts out .
Another thing LMAO I forgot to mention is my wheels are plastidipped.. I wonder if that stuff is flammable after its dry LMAO!!
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I'm guessing you are leaking a little fluid. If so your backing plates will have the whitish weird color etc.....
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Gasoline Flashpoint -45F
Plasti dip -10F
http://www.plastidip.com/docs/Plasti...0oz%20MSDS.pdf
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NO way is the paint on your wheels getting up over 500 or 600F and catching on fire. If so you better slow the F#CK down before you kill someone
Your pads on the other hand don't even work well until about 4 or 500f so 1st you don't want ducts for autocross and 2nd if you are leaking fluid it can catch on fire.
PS After thing about this I suppose it is possible for really hot plasti dipped wheels to be ignited from sparks coming off of the pads but really find this scenario hard to believe.
Your pads on the other hand don't even work well until about 4 or 500f so 1st you don't want ducts for autocross and 2nd if you are leaking fluid it can catch on fire.
PS After thing about this I suppose it is possible for really hot plasti dipped wheels to be ignited from sparks coming off of the pads but really find this scenario hard to believe.
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Don't know what hawk blacks are like, but, actually, fire isn't uncommon....seen it many times, most memorably, on a big Jag going into a hairpin and multiple times in the pits on a hot stop- and no, it's not brake fluid.
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I know my Performance friction carbon pads smoked and threw flames a couple times when I was bedding them in. Ten successive 60-0 slams and they were HOT. Was pretty awesome to see actually. Was fun at night. Haven't had an issue since though. Scared the crap out of my friend.
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I'm going to angle my camera at my brakes for a run to see if it does anything
I inspected my brakes today no leaks at all
that I could see One thing though could maybe the brake pad grease have gotten hot and maybe lit??"
well who knows LOL we'll see I have another event this weekend so i'm gonna angle the cammera at the brakes lets see if something interesting happens , and worst case scenario I get a cool angle LOL
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It all makes sense you were running on a cloudy day (they saw sparks) and driving with the PCA club
Great job on the slaloms you were staying well ahead. Those things are a PIA.
Great job on the slaloms you were staying well ahead. Those things are a PIA.
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