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Topic: Forced air to breaks...

Anyone tried to force air through intakes on the front bumper to the breaks for cooling?  We have a grand idea in which tubbing
will direct cool air down to the breaks.  It looks a little questionable but why not try, right.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

Google "DIY brake ducts"

Ours come in from where out headlights were.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

brakes! the word you are looking for is BRAKES!

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

I thought about using one of these. http://www.buy.com/prod/attwood-turbo-b … 08541.html

Not sure if they would move enough air though. Over engineering for a $500 crap car. Plus they add weight.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

We did that on day 2 of Thunderhill....  Routed it from where the front blinkers were.  Seemed to work well.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

I'd strap one of these to each a-arm.  If they'll boost HP by 20%, they must increase braking by 20%:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ELECTRIC-SUPERCHARG … 230429916d

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

bilge pump ftw!

seriously.brake ducts.  old concept and it works!  hurray physics!

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

Home depot water heater vent parts = under $20

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

We see a lot of extremely overheated brakes at the hotter races (Buttonwillow, CMP, No Problem). Not sure how much good ducting at Lemons speeds accomplishes, but it's worth a try.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

DRC wrote:

brakes! the word you are looking for is BRAKES!

In crapcan racing, either form of the word is acceptable...

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

MurileeMartin wrote:

We see a lot of extremely overheated brakes at the hotter races

Wait 'till ECR in June...

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

With FWD cars, its hard to get the air to the right spot.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

ecugrad wrote:

With FWD cars, its hard to get the air to the right spot.

Yeah, the whole axle thing is kind of in the way.  Besides, we don't have them on our Prelude and never had an issue with the brakes overheating.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

We didn't have an issue at Nelsons, but it was cold, and we were slow.  I imagine we will do some kind of duct for gingerman

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

is brake ducting free?

its brake related, but seems un-lemony..

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

How could $3 worth of dryer venting not be in your budget.

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

Rockford Brodie wrote:
DRC wrote:

brakes! the word you are looking for is BRAKES!

In crapcan racing, either form of the word is acceptable...

touche!

so I guess camaro/camero is also interchangeable?

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Re: Forced air to breaks...

DRC wrote:

brakes! the word you are looking for is BRAKES!

F'ing spell checker, *@#&%  Why doesn't it just know what I want to say?

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