Re: Some info on GTV6 Track Brakes

[Alan Lambert <gerard@domain.elided>]

Someone suggested to me that large vaccuum cleaner hose fasted under the 
car on each side with the front ends outboard facing forward, and the back 
ends aiming at the disks and calipers would do the trick. Haven't tried it 
myself, but sounds easy.

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Mark Battley wrote:

> <I took an on board data logger to Laguna Seca for the weekend and <recorded
> minute by minute data from thermocouples attached to all four <calipers. The
> short story for a GTV6.....Its all in the
> <rears
> 
> Great idea... When in doubt measure something! 
> 
> <.......but the rears, although they also cycled on each lap, never cooled
> as <much as they heated and thus overall kept rising a bit each lap until
> the <left rear hit the 500s and the pedal went to the floor.
> 
> Presumably there is enough airflow under the front of the car to cool the
> front brakes, but (not surprisingly) not much air reaches the inboard rears.
> Is it worth attempting to duct air to the rear brakes?
> 
> Mark Battley
> Auckland, New Zealand.
> 
> 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce
> 
> Alfa Romeo 105 series Bertone Coupe home page and register at:
>       http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/1806/105GTV.HTML
> 
> 

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Regards,
Alan G. Lambert___________________________________<gerard@domain.elided>
           *******Los Altos, California (office)*******

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