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Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Ive just added another "how to" related to this mod: the fitting of solid brake bushes. It's here: http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic ... 34&t=45293
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Blatant last minute attempt to get 'Best how-to' write up in the forum end of year awards!exdos wrote:Ive just added another "how to" related to this mod: the fitting of solid brake bushes. It's here: http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic ... 34&t=45293
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
The thought had never occurred to me, but now you mention it, will you be my campaign manager?Carol M wrote:Blatant last minute attempt to get 'Best how-to' write up in the forum end of year awards!
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Absolutely!exdos wrote:The thought had never occurred to me, but now you mention it, will you be my campaign manager?Carol M wrote:Blatant last minute attempt to get 'Best how-to' write up in the forum end of year awards!
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
A picture of my extra brake cooling set-up in action... The holes are next to the original brake cooling ducts. The OEM set-up is more tire cooling, then brake cooling. The extra cooling is directly aimed at the discs...
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Slightly off topic any more pictures of your car?
It looks ace........... wouldn't have ever considered gold wheels with a silver car but it seems to work.
Your brake cooling is now a scheduled winter mod.
It looks ace........... wouldn't have ever considered gold wheels with a silver car but it seems to work.
Your brake cooling is now a scheduled winter mod.
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
My CSL wheels are not gold... (Maybe it looks cool?) They are dirty in this picture... This is how the car looks cleanToe-side wrote:Slightly off topic any more pictures of your car?
It looks ace........... wouldn't have ever considered gold wheels with a silver car but it seems to work.
Your brake cooling is now a scheduled winter mod.
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Looks good, very discrete. Did you find significant benefits even with your AP set up?Franzino wrote:A picture of my extra brake cooling set-up in action... The holes are next to the original brake cooling ducts. The OEM set-up is more tire cooling, then brake cooling. The extra cooling is directly aimed at the discs...
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Because the OEM Z4M brake ducts are not the greatest in cooling the brakes I looked for something extra. I never had fading with the AP & Pagid set-up. But on some tracks the Pagid brake pads and AP disc were getting really hot. Sometimes I had a vibration steering wheels after some intensive hot laps (the brake pads get a little to hot and some pad material got stuck on the AP discs) . The extra cooling helps to address this problem...BMWZ4MC wrote: Looks good, very discrete. Did you find significant benefits even with your AP set up?
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
The OEM brake cooling ducts are just decorative as far as I can see! I've had exactly that from EBC Bluestuff pads on OEM discs. I'm going to try the brake cooling ducts before I spend a couple of thousand on brakes (although I am prepared to spend the money if I can't achieve the results I'm after).
Do you switch off the DSC on the track? I always turn it off, but on the rare occasion I've forgotten, the brakes have become extremely hot very quickly.
Do you switch off the DSC on the track? I always turn it off, but on the rare occasion I've forgotten, the brakes have become extremely hot very quickly.
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Use a hand-held Infra-Red thermometer to check your brake disc/pad temps after being on track, with both OEM and cooling ducts to check if there's any difference. The hottest I've see immediately on stopping with cooling ducts is around 320 degsC.BMWZ4MC wrote:The OEM brake cooling ducts are just decorative as far as I can see! I've had exactly that from EBC Bluestuff pads on OEM discs. I'm going to try the brake cooling ducts before I spend a couple of thousand on brakes (although I am prepared to spend the money if I can't achieve the results I'm after).
Do you switch off the DSC on the track? I always turn it off, but on the rare occasion I've forgotten, the brakes have become extremely hot very quickly.
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Hi John! I have one so I shall I think the easiest way will be to fit the cooling ducts then to make test runs with and without bath plugs in the sink waste pipes
Of course, it'll be February before I'm back, so there will be added environmental cooling taking place too...
Of course, it'll be February before I'm back, so there will be added environmental cooling taking place too...
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
They were designed with testing in mind!BMWZ4MC wrote:Hi John! I have one so I shall I think the easiest way will be to fit the cooling ducts then to make test runs with and without bath plugs in the sink waste pipes
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Re: Brake Cooling - Cheap DIY method
Clearly carefully considered, like all of your engineering projectsexdos wrote:They were designed with testing in mind!BMWZ4MC wrote:Hi John! I have one so I shall I think the easiest way will be to fit the cooling ducts then to make test runs with and without bath plugs in the sink waste pipes
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