NEW - Quantum C6 Fog Light Brake Cooling Inlets
09-02-2011, 01:08 PM
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I never did a baseline check for the stock C6 (dump into the wheel well area) cooling. I suppose I could do this, but I am not sure how soon I would be able to make it happen. I would also have to rig something up as I no longer have any of the OE C6 brake cooling hardware laying around. So technically it would not be apples to apples.
No matter what you choose, it will help in any driving style. My touring kit should be here in a couple days.
09-28-2011, 02:11 PM
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09-28-2011, 08:06 PM
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You know your brake cooling ducts are really working when you find dead flies and other large insects in the drop well area of your front wheels.
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06-19-2012, 01:55 PM
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I enjoy riding a C6 on tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife and, as can be expected, I run into brake cooling problems. I have already installed a spindle duct kit that gets its air from the stock openings underneath the car. Unfortunately, the track is pretty hard on the plastic spoiler lid and I expect a decent sized lid to be essential for the stock openings to work properly.
The problem with the fog light openings, as I see it, is that there are as well high (the front) as well as low pressure zones (the side). As far as I can see from your pictures is that you remove the aerodynamic bend of the fog light covers and replace it by something edgy at the circular air inlet. From the pictures I have difficulties seeing exactly how your kit looks as I see no pics taken from a distance without the inlet covered by a fine mesh. The mesh itself seems to follow roughly the forms of the original transparent fog light covers.
My questions are:
1. How can you be sure that the inlet is completely in a high (instead of low pressure zone) without using a wind tunnel?
2. What is the influence of your inlets on the total aerodynamics of the car? Is the inpact similar to the C5 when opening the head lights, where the drag coefficient raises considerably which has a big influence on top speed (about 10 mph).
3. How well do the inlets work with the rather fine mesh installed compared to no mesh at all? I suspect that the meshes in fact help aerodynamics, but create problems for the inlets. Can the meshes also be ordered from you?
Thanks, Robert
The problem with the fog light openings, as I see it, is that there are as well high (the front) as well as low pressure zones (the side). As far as I can see from your pictures is that you remove the aerodynamic bend of the fog light covers and replace it by something edgy at the circular air inlet. From the pictures I have difficulties seeing exactly how your kit looks as I see no pics taken from a distance without the inlet covered by a fine mesh. The mesh itself seems to follow roughly the forms of the original transparent fog light covers.
My questions are:
1. How can you be sure that the inlet is completely in a high (instead of low pressure zone) without using a wind tunnel?
2. What is the influence of your inlets on the total aerodynamics of the car? Is the inpact similar to the C5 when opening the head lights, where the drag coefficient raises considerably which has a big influence on top speed (about 10 mph).
3. How well do the inlets work with the rather fine mesh installed compared to no mesh at all? I suspect that the meshes in fact help aerodynamics, but create problems for the inlets. Can the meshes also be ordered from you?
Thanks, Robert
06-19-2012, 04:05 PM
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Anyway: Thanks for the great pic!
Robert
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06-20-2012, 01:41 PM
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I enjoy riding a C6 on tracks like the Nürburgring Nordschleife and, as can be expected, I run into brake cooling problems. I have already installed a spindle duct kit that gets its air from the stock openings underneath the car. Unfortunately, the track is pretty hard on the plastic spoiler lid and I expect a decent sized lid to be essential for the stock openings to work properly.
The problem with the fog light openings, as I see it, is that there are as well high (the front) as well as low pressure zones (the side). As far as I can see from your pictures is that you remove the aerodynamic bend of the fog light covers and replace it by something edgy at the circular air inlet. From the pictures I have difficulties seeing exactly how your kit looks as I see no pics taken from a distance without the inlet covered by a fine mesh. The mesh itself seems to follow roughly the forms of the original transparent fog light covers.
My questions are:
1. How can you be sure that the inlet is completely in a high (instead of low pressure zone) without using a wind tunnel?
2. What is the influence of your inlets on the total aerodynamics of the car? Is the inpact similar to the C5 when opening the head lights, where the drag coefficient raises considerably which has a big influence on top speed (about 10 mph).
3. How well do the inlets work with the rather fine mesh installed compared to no mesh at all? I suspect that the meshes in fact help aerodynamics, but create problems for the inlets. Can the meshes also be ordered from you?
Thanks, Robert
The problem with the fog light openings, as I see it, is that there are as well high (the front) as well as low pressure zones (the side). As far as I can see from your pictures is that you remove the aerodynamic bend of the fog light covers and replace it by something edgy at the circular air inlet. From the pictures I have difficulties seeing exactly how your kit looks as I see no pics taken from a distance without the inlet covered by a fine mesh. The mesh itself seems to follow roughly the forms of the original transparent fog light covers.
My questions are:
1. How can you be sure that the inlet is completely in a high (instead of low pressure zone) without using a wind tunnel?
2. What is the influence of your inlets on the total aerodynamics of the car? Is the inpact similar to the C5 when opening the head lights, where the drag coefficient raises considerably which has a big influence on top speed (about 10 mph).
3. How well do the inlets work with the rather fine mesh installed compared to no mesh at all? I suspect that the meshes in fact help aerodynamics, but create problems for the inlets. Can the meshes also be ordered from you?
Thanks, Robert
The kit is in a high pressure zone as it has been moved to the front of the car. Is it in the HIGHEST pressure zone. No.
I am unable to tell you what exact effects the inlets have on the car aerodynamically. As we obviously did not wind tunnel test them. It is not economically feasible. Using fog light openings for brake cooling has been an old racers trick for a long time. It has been allowed by the SCCA for years. The benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
I have run the kit with and without the mesh. I have noticed no difference in measured temperatures.
We are currently shipping the kits with the mesh included. As most customers want it. Rather than offer it separately I will likely just keep including it and increase the price slightly in the future.
