Brake fade

[amalventano@sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

    you dumped a huge amount of heat into the brakes dropping 60 mph. removal of
the brake splash guards would help with the cooling.
    as for fluid, if the pedal hit the floor and thats why you couldnt stop, the
fluid was causing your fade (read: flashing/boiling). if the pedal felt firm,
but you simply werent stopping, it was the pads fading. ferodos are actually
good pads, so its just a matter of getting rid of the heat.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kervin" <kervinridgley@earthlink.net>
To: "List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:50 AM
Subject: Brake fade


> Well, I was feeling quite good after my date tonight, so I did some hard
> driving.  They are calling for a ice storm in the morning so all the
> roads were empty.  On the last stretch of road, I was doing about 120,
> braked really hard to 60 (I thought I saw a police car), back up to 120
> and braked hard for my exit.  I could only get my car down to about 45
> mph (not slow enough for the exit so I went down to the next one).
> I'm never used my brakes that hard repeatedly.  I've got 9.4 vented
> rotors, Ferodo pads and stock everything else.  I don't drive like this
> all the time, but I would like to do a track day in the spring (VIR) and
> I'm sure less fade would be better.  Would just changing the brake fluid
> to Super Blue cut back on the fade?  How about SS brake lines?  Is my
> only hope going to bigger rotors?
> --
> Kervin
> 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters
> 88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :(
> 00 tt600
>
>
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