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Old 10-22-2015, 09:52 PM   #3
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Early on, Vorshlag reported seeing 1.4-1.5g under braking on their BRZ using data from their AIM solo. This was on 255 width RS3 tires, Carbotech XP 12/8 combo, and Motul RBF600 fluid. You can probably use that as a point of reference number.

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Does the car need brake ducting? Surprisingly it didn't. After I took several hot laps in the car, abusing the brakes like I tend to do, Matt's BRZ with these pads/lines/fluid made lap after lap topping 1.4-1.5g under braking. Hey, at least that's what the AIM Solo data shows, and we were out-braking all sorts of cars. I was amazed that I couldn't overheat the brakes, but maybe I could on a hot Texas day taking a full 20 minute session of abuse. I could overheat the 255mm tires before the brakes would fade, so who knows? If we see the brakes fading with more suspension mods and lower lap times, we will come back and look at adding brake ducting to the front. But for now it seemed fine without it - a rare thing in modern sports cars.
http://www.vorshlag.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8145
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