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    Cooling ducts/pipes and brackets fitted and tested

    in Brakes

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    (quote) I have tested the new duct setup on the road and just recently on track at Teesside Autodrome which is pretty hard on the brakes.

     

    We fitted a second set of ducts to my friends Z and he gave the brakes some abuse on track. He has EBC disks and ds3000 pads. Previously he had bad pad transfer at the Nurburgring which cleared up with some road use. This time around with the ducts fitted, the brakes just kept going, lap after lap! As a test we then blocked the passenger side duct with tape to simulate the ducts not being fitted. The effect was plain to see as we ran into the dark- the passenger side disc started to glow orange, while the driver side disc remained normal. Result!

     

     

    yeah the setup worked really well, on the ring the brakes where juddering that bad that i had to come off half way round.

    At teeside i ran lap after lap with zero problems with my brakes, i wont be doing any trackdays without them now :clap:

    Teesside autodrome track night Sat 4th september

    in Motorsport & Track Days

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    Hi

     

    A few of my friends and me are going to take a trip to Teesside autodrome on Saturday 4th September. It’s our first trip on to this little track, it should be a good night out and a nice change from getting boozed up or watching x factor!

     

    Track time starts at 6pm and runs to 10pm. The track has floodlights for when darkness falls -Good for pictures I should think.

     

    We are taking 2x 350’z, vx220 turbo, civic type r and my MNR (R1 powered kit car). It would be nice to try and turn it into a bit of a mini 350z meet and as track time is 4 hours for only £79, its a good way to lose the trackday virginity without worrying too much about tyre and brake wear.

     

    There are plenty of youtube vids of the track. The website is here:

    http://thetrackdayclub.com/

     

    Hope to see some of you there.

     

    -I do not have any connection to the track- I just want to see our local facilities continue so I can keep using them -

     

     

    anyone else doing this track night??

    its cheap at £80!! :drive1

    Carbone Lorraine RC5+ ???

    in Brakes

    Posted

    i think if you start using any race/trackday pads they are all harsh, i used sbs pro track pads on the vx220 and they did start to "eat" into the alloy wheels.

    Im using ds3000 at the min and while they have immense stopping power i had major pad transfer at the ring. "trackpig" was using brake cooling ducts at the ring and you could really feel the difference in alloy wheel temp, so they must do a good job of keeping disc temps down!

    the dust is on another level !! i now have brake ducts fitted (pm trackpig for details) so ill see how they performe on my next trackday (teeside autodrome 4th september).

    Carbone Lorraine RC5+ ???

    in Brakes

    Posted

    Im not sure if they do, but if you was using such harsh pads wouldnt you need discs like Brembo high carbons?

     

    I had them with standard discs on the vx220 but must admit i didnt have the car much longer after i fitted them so i dont know how long the discs would have lasted for.

    but they where the best combo i had tried on the vx,

    Which pads?

    in Brakes

    Posted

    great throughout. I also have ATE superblue fluid with standard discs.

     

    I have not used DS2500 personally. A friend fitted DS3000 to his car for the same Eurotrip as me me and has suffered bad brake judder. They are also very dusty.

     

    I am not slagging off any pads here, just offering my/ my friends experiences.

     

    Just for your information DS3000's are not meant for the road, they are meant for high operating temperatures and have a fairly high wear rate hence the serious amount of dust.

     

    I am aware of the track only status of ds3000 pads. :thumbs: My mate is an extreme type of person who demands pads which can take high temperatures while driving to work/ shops/ on track.

     

    Even so, I dont think he would go ds3000 again.

     

     

    This is true, on the ring i had a lot of pad transfer which was making the car judder like f**k, brake ducts are needed to keep the discs a bit cooler. they did wear quite a lot to.

    But on a plus side they are very very strong pad. ill be seeing how they work with cooling ducts on my next trackday soon.

    Must add i was quite impressed with yellow stuff that where on the 2 other 350z's on the ring trip.

    Yellowstuff pads fitted and tested with oem discs

    in Brakes

    Posted

    Well I am back from the trip which consisted of 2500 miles including two runs up and down Stelvio Pass and 10 laps of the nurburgring.

     

    There is no tuffer test of brakes than going down Stelvio Pass! The setup I have has been faultless. I have not had any brake fade or brake judder at any point.

     

    I put in a 8.46min lap at the ring so was not hanging around.

     

    - Yellowstuff pads all round, ATE super blue fluid, OEM disks and a set of cooling pipes to the front discs get my recommendation :thumbs:

     

     

    BTW- one of our group now has some pretty bad vibration from his fresh EBC discs and DS3000 pads (no cooling pipes)

     

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    aye looks like ive cooked my discs, cooling pipes for me for next year!!

    newbie wanting a 350z!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    in 350Z General

    Posted

    The place I work at has a Sunset Roadster GT with rays alloys, Japspeed K1 zorst and a lip defuser. 22.000 miles

     

    I believe it's up at £17000 on a 57 plate, we can to part ex and finance.

     

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    Thanks for your help but im after a coupe with a price tag of £9700 ish.

    Thanks tho and please give me a shout if you see anything.

    cheers baz.

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