AK
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anyone got any funky ideas or experiance with making ducts or such to help cool brakes?
I've seen disc gaurds with ducting attached and hoses to vents in bumpers before.
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willay
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Guy who sorts my car out has a touring GTE in his garage atm, it has simple plastic ducts from the front bumper to the brakes, it was supported with some plastic type holders and just pointed at the disk.
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AK
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brake deflectors
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jr
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hole with air intake duct through the arch liner, and out the front of the bumper, with a small vent like you allready have cut into it
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AK
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already have ducted vents from the bumper
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
brake deflectors
this is going to sound stupid but is that scooping the air up, I cant tell which way the car is facing 
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willay
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put tubes from the front bumper ducts to the brakes? like the tubes you get with viper kits and shit
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topshot_2k
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scoops, like the ones in demon tweeks motorsport catalogue, sit just under splitter/bumper then small ducting to front edge of brakes
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jr
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adam is there any ducting from the vents in the bumper to the brakes though ?
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AK
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see the pic.
the lowest vents (in splitter) are the brake cooling ducts.
The then are channeled towards the brakes
I think maybe fabricating some GRP to mount pipes to and try to focus it more directly. I think most of the cold air is prob getting dispersed by the tyre etc. ESP when the 10" wide bad boys go on
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
quote:
Originally posted by AK
brake deflectors
this is going to sound stupid but is that scooping the air up, I cant tell which way the car is facing
Look at the rear tyres.
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willay
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DUH 
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Daimo B
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Buy 2 large scoops (like the Ram effect jobbies)..
Cut out those lower spitter holes a bit more. to fit them. (check the sizes first )
Or
(Bin those standard metal vent things).
Attach some piping to the back of the feed, cable tie it up and locate the end of the hose below the front caliper (so it cools the disks just before it reaches the calipers, and also aids the caliper).
Bobs your uncle. TBH, your not going to get much better im afraid. Its what the BTCC cars use, had a good nose at it myself.
[Edited on 31-01-2007 by VXR]
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willay
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thats what I was thinking of, thank you daimo!
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Cupra Steve
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DUH
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jr
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thats what i said aswell 
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willay
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no pics james, no pics
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jr
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sorry 
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Half Pint
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AK,
My old Renault had air scoops simular to the pic you posted, they attached to the lower arm and flowed air onto the disk for cooling..
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AK
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its all fair and well aiming it.... but the wheels arent exactly static 
Suggestions for securing ideas?
Thats where i was going with my baking plate chitter chatter
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Daimo B
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nope but the positioning (bar in and out) will remain the same.
Depends if you want to mount them in the arch, or connect them to the brackets/suspension to make them move with the brakes.
TBH, quite hard to say not seeing a stripped Skline wing area (Side view on with front wheel removed).
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