Brake fade

[kervinridgley@earthlink.net (Kervin)]

The pedal was firm, so it sounds like a bigger heat sink (bigger rotors)
my have helped. - thanks

Allyn wrote:
> 
>     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?
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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