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Originally Posted by LostSalad
@ Fish Eagle, how the hell do you get so much life out of your PB rotors, considering that you have power upgrades and semislicks? Do you do cooldown laps during your sessions or just cane it all the way? |
No cooldown laps in between. I'll rarely do more than 10 laps per session, but normally about 8. That's a warmup lap, and 7 hot laps. I only sometimes do end of session cooldown laps on track, depending on where I am. I'll never do a cool down lap at the Z - too dangerous. I come off the track hot and just go for a leisurely tootle around the grounds, ending up with a visit to the members area for a chat with the marshal and some spectating up there.
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Originally Posted by LostSalad
I got some feedback from PB today, and it seems that I managed to exceed the max temps of the pads... over 630 degrees celcius according to the temperature paint... The disks are fine but also can't take these temps for too long apparently, they went over their MOT. Their feedback is that even if I upgrade the pads to survive the temps I am putting out, it will cause damage to the disks in the long run and probably lead to cracking. I'm not sure how I'm getting these kinds of temps  . Is Zwartkops hard on brakes?
I have 2 options: adjust my expectations and driving style, or adjust my budget |
Adjust your driving style slightly. I can almost guarantee that you're bumping into the ABS quite often. Try to avoid doing that because ABS really hammers your brakes. Try to brake just below the ABS kick-in threshold, which gives you more effective and cooler braking. It's a common misconception that as one gets faster, you hammer your brakes more. It's the opposite - with practice you learn to modulate your braking better which reduces temps and wear.