Brake Cooling
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Northeast Ohio
Brake Cooling
Anybody running custom brake ducting?
I was researching and came across the neat demonstration of how the rotor discs move air. I had assumed that one would direct the air onto the outer rotor area (the same area that the disc that the pads engage), but it looks like it would be better to direct the air into the center/eye of the rotor and then the air would be moved outward, across the entire rotor via the veins of the rotor acting like a fan.
Also from Kenny Brown...advising to put the air towards the eye of the rotor:
This guy adapted part of the Z06 brake ducting onto a Subaru...slick:
Let's see those brake cooling setups!
I was researching and came across the neat demonstration of how the rotor discs move air. I had assumed that one would direct the air onto the outer rotor area (the same area that the disc that the pads engage), but it looks like it would be better to direct the air into the center/eye of the rotor and then the air would be moved outward, across the entire rotor via the veins of the rotor acting like a fan.
Also from Kenny Brown...advising to put the air towards the eye of the rotor:
This guy adapted part of the Z06 brake ducting onto a Subaru...slick:
Let's see those brake cooling setups!
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Indiana PA
Is there a reason you want the brake ducting?
Unless your doing some fairly serious road course work, you don't need them.
At least not at fairly stock HP and chassis levels.
Most will be custom made at this point, I don't think anyone offers a off the shelf kit.
Unless your doing some fairly serious road course work, you don't need them.
At least not at fairly stock HP and chassis levels.
Most will be custom made at this point, I don't think anyone offers a off the shelf kit.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Park City Utah
You are correct; the brake vanes are literally, a centrifugal pump. Inside>out.
Corvette Central sells an air dam kit with holes and corrugated tubing for cooling brakes. The tubing is plastic and will melt, so you need to make a tin base for it at the knuckle so the tubing directs air to the center, properly....AND doesn't overheat.
Corvette Central sells an air dam kit with holes and corrugated tubing for cooling brakes. The tubing is plastic and will melt, so you need to make a tin base for it at the knuckle so the tubing directs air to the center, properly....AND doesn't overheat.
