Brake ducts

[ITBH22]

DIY Brake Ducts

1. Buy cheap bumber lights off ebay
2. Pull the front of them off
3. Attach dryer ducting to the back of them
4. Cut hole in dust shield
5. Attach dryer ducting to the back of them

You don't need "contacts" to do this kind of thing man. If you spend more than $30 you are just wasting money.

I wouldn't do any of that to anybodies car. I suppose to don't know much about fluid dynamics or even what the idea of a brake duct actually does. Your idea/design is flawed for a number of reason, but mostly because you would be cooling the inside of the rotor and the outside of the rotor would not receive any air, thus leading to warping, cracking and eventually total failure, not only that but the air would escape from between the dust shield and the rotor. I think that you would be better off not doing any of that.

[ITBH22]

$474 for brake ducting!?!?! that's one way to throw away excess cash i suppose...

hahahaha agreed! Now imagine that you race your car and that you have an incident and you have to get a new kit, after shipping your talking nearly $1000.00.

[nope]

I wouldn't do any of that to anybodies car. I suppose to don't know much about fluid dynamics or even what the idea of a brake duct actually does. Your idea/design is flawed for a number of reason, but mostly because you would be cooling the inside of the rotor and the outside of the rotor would not receive any air, thus leading to warping, cracking and eventually total failure, not only that but the air would escape from between the dust shield and the rotor. I think that you would be better off not doing any of that.

that's how everyone with brake ducts does it tho. i can't imagine how bad it would look if you had ducts on the exterior pointing at your rims

[ITBH22]

that's how everyone with brake ducts does it tho. i can't imagine how bad it would look if you had ducts on the exterior pointing at your rims

No, putting ducts to the outside of the rim wouldnt work.

the idea is to force air through the rotor, not to one side. Go to any SCCA race and the cars that perform constantly throughout the race are the cars that have legit brake kits.

We used to melt (yes melt, mushroom the pistons, deform the aluminum, all of it) the Brembo calipers on the EVO's after one weekend, since we made these brake ducts we haven't had to change that calipers after 4 race weekends and after 7 straight days at Road America for the National Championship. Meanwhile, the Corvettes in T1 are begging the competition board to allow for hub mounted brake ducts (all they have are the kits that push air onto the inside of the rotor) because they brake rotors all the time. I saw two cars in PRACTICE shatter the rotors because of insufficent cooling. And one of those drivers didn't enjoy the ambulance trip to the hospital.

[Tnwagn]

Many teams use brake ducts exactly like I described. The air is fed in from the rear of the rotor and is circulated throughout the veins from the inside out. This picture is the kind of design I'm talking about

http://store.kennybrown.com/files/05...ake%20Duct.JPG

In fact, that AMS kit you posted up uses the exact same design



http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-how...ll-evo-ix.html

I'm sure you know a lot and work with guys that know even more but don't think that just because I'm not on a race team or I don't want to throw away $500 on a brake ducting kit I'm ignorant to how one works or the benefits of their use.

[ITBH22]

Many teams use brake ducts exactly like I described. The air is fed in from the rear of the rotor and is circulated throughout the veins from the inside out. This picture is the kind of design I'm talking about

http://store.kennybrown.com/files/05...ake%20Duct.JPG

In fact, that AMS kit you posted up uses the exact same design



http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-how...ll-evo-ix.html

I'm sure you know a lot and work with guys that know even more but don't think that just because I'm not on a race team or I don't want to throw away $500 on a brake ducting kit I'm ignorant to how one works or the benefits of their use.

Oh my bad I thought you said,
"1. Buy cheap bumber lights off ebay
2. Pull the front of them off
3. Attach dryer ducting to the back of them
4. Cut hole in dust shield
5. Attach dryer ducting to the back of them"
Sorry I didnt realize you meant, make a new dust shield. My bad.

[Jon]

I'd say for 99% of the people here on the forum, brake ducts are not worth the cost, just for the fact that very few are racing and would benefit from doing this.

However by no means would I not want to see a kit come to market for the CB. The more parts we have available the better!

Can't wait to see what some people can come up with for our old clunkers.

[ITBH22]

I think we are all getting off the topic here. I simply started this thread to see if there were any kits out there. Not to get into a pissing match with anyone. If you do like great, if you don't like it great. It's my car, it's my brake duct, it's my opinion. That's all. Sorry if this thread has seemed to start any arguments.

[Jon]

I think we are all getting off the topic here. I simply started this thread to see if there were any kits out there. Not to get into a pissing match with anyone. If you do like great, if you don't like it great. It's my car, it's my brake duct, it's my opinion. That's all. Sorry if this thread has seemed to start any arguments.

I don't think it started anything, if anything it brought awareness to the community because I'm sure some people have never heard of or seen brake ducts.

I'm excited to see what you and possibly other members can come up with because fabricating is TONS of fun, well at least I think it is.

[ITBH22]

I agree, I think it's tons of fun. Take a piece of metal and turn into something complex and make it useful is always fun, and let's face it everyone feels good when they fabricate something or modify something.

I think that competition makes everyone better.