Anybody made a brake cooling scoop?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun May 29, 2005 3:26 pm

anybody thought of doing something like this? or even actually did it?

i think it wont be that hard... just fabricate a scoop and cut a little bit of the rotor guard and it is done... right??

MMamdouh

BosnianLanos · Post by **BosnianLanos** » Sun May 29, 2005 3:51 pm

Better yet, if you aren't running fog lights, pop out the fog light covers and run a dryer hose or something of the sort from the fog light hose through a hole in your fender well. It will keep temperatures down and I don't think dust or rain should make much of a danger.

I was actually thinking of doing this but I decided to get fog lights rather than brake ducts.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun May 29, 2005 6:49 pm

i am already running with no fog light covers... i poped one for the resonator removal then i poped the other one so it matches the other side.

i thought of that too but i didn't want to cut my wheel well... i thing Shaun did something like that on his car... i remeber i saw "vents" on his wheel well.

MMamdouh

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:03 pm

yeah I had vents on my wheel wells. However I don't think it really does any good if you're not going to be racing a road course or something.

Now, the fronts of my wheel wells are cut off due to rubbing

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:50 pm

got this from my good friend kareem... i knew it is an easy job to do

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/L ... tor_vents/

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:52 pm

i had been collecting the parts to do this

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:54 pm

the way things are going i see you are making one hell of a woo man :twisted: ... not much pics for the work in progress though

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:55 pm

haha... it's cause it's so slow...

no one wants to see a bunch a pictures of a torn apart woo

i'm working on collecting my interior junk too...

i'll explain that once i get some confirmation from two members

****EDIT****

here is a teaser list for you mmamdouh

ENGINE
~ Twin Turbo w/ anti-lag
~ AEM Engine Managment
~ Forged Internals (8.5:1)
~ Port/Polish
~ Reinforced Springs
~ Mechanical Lifters (tappets)
~ AEM Fuel Rail
~ MSD Ignition
~ Wet NOS
~ Alcohol Injection
~ CEROBEAR Ceramic Bearings

DRIVETRAIN
~ Lightweight Flywheel
~ Racing Clutch (springless puck clutch)
~ Short Throw Shifter
~ ????6-speed???? (still debating it)
~ Carbon Fiber CV's and Axles (RCV Performance... 2.6 pounds each)
~ CEROBEAR Ceramic Bearings

CHASSIS/SUSPENSION
~ Slotted/Drilled Rotors
~ KONI Yellow Sport Shocks
~ B&G Lowering Springs
~ Front Strut Brace (welded to firewall support)
~ Rear Chassis Stiffening
~ Lower Brace
~ Interior Cage
~ Brake Cooling
~ Stainless Lines
~ Remote Shock Tuning (interior control panel)
~ Bushings
~ Seam Welding

INTERIOR
~ 4 Bride Bucket Seats (BRIX II)
~ OMP Steering Wheel
~ OMP 6pt Harnesses
~ Gauges out the butt
~ *SECRET STUFF*

there is tons more

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:30 pm

Hey Audacityracing, you mind doing a short write up of some kind on how to do front brake cooling ducks. I recently warped a rotor and havnt had ANY luck finding anyone that'll work on it since its slotted... and i dont wanna be going through rotors every couple months.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:54 pm

yeah, when i get there (won't be long)

jayw · Post by **jayw** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:52 pm

mmamdouh wrote:got this from my good friend kareem... i knew it is an easy job to do

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/tech/L ... tor_vents/

MMamdouh

Quite interested in this method of cooling, not for my Nubira, but for one of my other cars which does see track use.

My only question is: Doesn't this run the risk of warping or even shattering the disk (rotor) due to the cooling only being on one side (heat expands, cold contracts)???

Other than that, it's by far the best idea i've seen and so easy to do.

If it's reliable then i'll use that method, most people just run ducting from an intake that just blows the air in the general direction of the rotors (pretty ineffective on my car).

Thanks, JayW.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:04 pm

they way i'm coing it, there are multiple smaller holes drilled in the dust shield...

and a "funnel" shape to deflect the air semi-evenly around the hole thing...

unless you are brakeing from a way high speed, you shouldn't warp it. look at touring and lemans cars

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 3:56 pm

unless you're doing serious autocross or road course races I don't see any need for such a thing. And even then you can get slotted brakes. If you have a good brake set up to begin with you will not get any fade from heat.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:19 pm

air cooling is not that effective as fluid cooling so the air duct can't make that substantial head difference between the two rotor sides to make it wrap.

as shaun said: this nod is usless unless you race or so... for me: i once forced my pads to smoke and many times they smell when i am pushing the brakes too hard... not a bad idea to have them on after all.

MMamdouh

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:05 pm

I can name so many reasons i need every bit of help i can... Right now i have my stock rotors on cuz my slotted ones warped from my last race. Even in daily driving i get them to fade and the pads to "float" alot... a few times i was racing around on the streets on the outskirts of a town w/ stock rotors and got those brake pads smoking so bad i had to get outta my car to breath.

Since ive gotten really good at heal-and-toe technique my brakes havnt been fading much on the track anymore. Some turns here and there on some laps but not too bad. But if i can keep my rotors a couple degrees cooler during the whole race.. that'd make a big difference.

Thanks audacity... ill be waiting to see how you've done it.