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Cool. Thanks for posting something new and interesting.
FLIR (tagging this so I can find it in the future)
F.L.I.R. originally stood for Forward Looking InfraRed and was used extensively in U.S. military weapons. Texas Instrument's Defense business (sold to Raytheon) was a pioneer in the technology. There is now a company called FLIR Systems that offers commercial F.L.I.R. products.
I assume that is at idle, so the heat shown in the wheel wells is not disk brake heat but engine heat? Seems a lot...
The pictures were taken after a 15 min drive with the car at normal operating temperatures. It does look like there is a lot a heat transferred into the wheel well. And I also saw a significant amount of heat transfer into the clutch and brake masters/reservoirs. The brakes were not used hard at all during these drives.
I'll post up more after some hard laps at the track.
F.L.I.R. originally stood for Forward Looking InfraRed and was used extensively in U.S. military weapons. Texas Instrument's Defense business (sold to Raytheon) was a pioneer in the technology. There is now a company called FLIR Systems that offers commercial F.L.I.R. products.
Exactly. FLIR is a client of ours. This is their FLIR One product for the Iphone. I'll ask nicely to borrow the high end stuff for the track.
You should have someone follow you to catch the heat flows in motion.
Totally agree. I was working on a mount to view brake rotor heat dissipation but ran out of time over the weekend. You should also be able to see the hot rubber being left on the track. I'll do my best to step up my game.
