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Gr4H4m
28-10-2009, 10:06 PM
Ben, Giving it the Beans in his nice Toyota clubman... Reported to say the brakes went to the floor...:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPBlIt5jrq4


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ben92
29-10-2009, 11:38 AM
Yep thats me just over taken the Bini "S" when I went to slow for the esses when the brake pedal went to the floor. After about three laps the brake fluid would boil and loose the brake pedal take about 3-4 pumps to get some sort of pedal. We bled the brakes but still not a great deal better, I think I need to upgrade the fluid to a higher boiling point fluid if going to do this again also get rid of the speed limiter as I was hitting it 3/4 the way down the main straight.

A few pics from the day
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=58265
Deano
29-10-2009, 09:04 PM
Fantastic :D
Gr4H4m
29-10-2009, 09:22 PM
Steve and I run the Dot 5.1 seems ok. air ducts? wonder if you can insulate the pads from callipers?

Or move to the UK it would been have been raining, esp if Deano was going:p, problem solved.:D
Steve
29-10-2009, 09:25 PM
Like the 240z
Deano
29-10-2009, 09:29 PM
Dont use your brakes then they wont get hot :p
ROADRUNNER
29-10-2009, 10:49 PM
Why not convert the car back to 10" drums then you can see who has the bottle
ben92
30-10-2009, 10:46 AM
Steve and I run the Dot 5.1 seems ok. air ducts? wonder if you can insulate the pads from callipers?

Or move to the UK it would been have been raining, esp if Deano was going:p, problem solved.:D

I use a good brake fluid in my race car which has a high boiling point so I will use that. I could also fit some stainless shims between the pad and the pistons which would help, the brakes are KAD 4 spots which use aluminum pistons which transfers the heat straight into the fluid.
I don't mind the UK but when it rains every other day I'm not too fond of that:)