Just did a HPDE at MSR Houston November 19, 2017. Had a blast and I think I'm starting to drive the car now instead of the other way around.
I had three pucker moments while hitting the brakes at 120 mph. The brake pedal went to the floor, slowly at first then got progressively worse. Bad enough I had to cut the session short.
My set up is as follows:
Stock 4 piston Brembo up front with Pagid RS29 pads that are about 1.5 years old. The car is mainly street driven with 3-4 HPDE events in that 1.5 year time span. Maybe 6000 miles on them.
Motul RBF 600 fluid. Freshly flushed two days before this particular event with three bottles.
14" rear Shelby brakes with Stop Tech Sport pads. These have 1 HPDE event and about 3000 miles on them.
What I don't have are brake ducts. I know, I know, shame on me.....
My question. Will brake ducts prevent this?
My 2018 plan is to do the S550 6 piston swap. Do I use the same ducted backing plate for the 15" rotors as I would for the stock rotors?
The way it acted, I boiled the fluid. The pedal would come back. The pedal NEVER got hard. I am of the understanding that a hard pedal is pad fade. Is this correct??
Thoughts and constructive criticism accepted. Thanks for reading......
I had three pucker moments while hitting the brakes at 120 mph. The brake pedal went to the floor, slowly at first then got progressively worse. Bad enough I had to cut the session short.
My set up is as follows:
Stock 4 piston Brembo up front with Pagid RS29 pads that are about 1.5 years old. The car is mainly street driven with 3-4 HPDE events in that 1.5 year time span. Maybe 6000 miles on them.
Motul RBF 600 fluid. Freshly flushed two days before this particular event with three bottles.
14" rear Shelby brakes with Stop Tech Sport pads. These have 1 HPDE event and about 3000 miles on them.
What I don't have are brake ducts. I know, I know, shame on me.....
My question. Will brake ducts prevent this?
My 2018 plan is to do the S550 6 piston swap. Do I use the same ducted backing plate for the 15" rotors as I would for the stock rotors?
The way it acted, I boiled the fluid. The pedal would come back. The pedal NEVER got hard. I am of the understanding that a hard pedal is pad fade. Is this correct??
Thoughts and constructive criticism accepted. Thanks for reading......