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Date:         Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:32:19 -0800
Reply-To:     Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bruce Nadig <motorbruce@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: warped SA rotors...
Comments: To: mpteleski@YAHOO.COM
In-Reply-To:  <20051230211421.42650.qmail@web30105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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No experience with the SA Big Brakes here, but here is one other interesting note.

The times that big time race teams have the most brake rotor problems is during testing. Typically a car will go out, run some hot laps, and return to the pit for a debrief. The car will then go out for a few more laps, and once again return to the pits. This can be repeated over and over all day.

What the brake discs are seeing is massive heat cycling. The hot laps get the discs glowing hot in many cases, and then the cars come into the pits where there is no cooling air running over them as they sit. The cycle is repeated again and again. So, what the teams see is repeated massive heat cycling on a large scale with periods of stagnant non-cooling air during pit stops.

Repeated heavy heat cycling can warp rotors. In real world conditions this can mean driving over numerous passes, building heat, and then having insufficient time to cool properly.

I don't know what happed in this case, but I thought ya'll might find this interesting.

Cheers, Bruce motorbruce@hotmail.com

>From: Matthew <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: Matthew <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: warped SA rotors... >Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:14:21 -0800 > >folks, >my SAGP big brake front rotors are warped. huh? i have >about 7K miles on them. They are bad enought that I'll >be stopping on my road trip to have them surfaced. >Yeah, pretty bad. They were warped before leaving town >but was not aware how bad they were until having >driven a few hundred miles and a few serious >downhills. > >Anybody experience this before? my old stock rotors >NEVER warped. >Thanks >Matthew >86 syncroi westy 1.9td on the way to and from LA > >"Racing with the wind and flirting with death >So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" > > > >__________________________________________ >Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. >Just $16.99/mo. or less. >dsl.yahoo.com


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