Engineering Tip #6: Friction Business -Temperature
Operating temperature is an important consideration when choosing brake pads for racing applications.
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Parts Spotlight: BrakeOMeter Brake Bias Adjusters
Brake bias adjusters with a dial and detents make repeating your brake bias setting easy
Know Your Plumbing
Do you know the difference between quick-disconnect and drybreak connectors? The designation can be pretty important.
Parts Spotlight: Brake Duct Kits – NC Miata & MAZDASPEED3
Ducts designed to get maximum air to the front brakes can help prevent a mushy pedal. There’s nothing worse than a mushy brake pedal, especially as you hit the braking zone at the end of a long straight, like into Turn 1 at Road America. A mushy brake pedal is usually caused by overheating brakes […]”
Balancing Brake Pads
Glenn Bocchino owns a brake pad company, Cobalt Friction. He also owns, and drives for, i-Moto Racing, which campaigns a fleet of MAZDASPEED3s in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Street Tuner series. Those three roles make him rather uniquely qualified to discuss brake issues and, even if he is a little biased (excuse […]”
Transforming Road Car to Racer
“We start with a brand-new MX-5 chassis,” says Glenn Long, the principal of Freedom Autosport as he explains how his team turns a road car into a winning Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge competitor in the Street Tuner category. “The car is very well engineered as it sits. So things like the engine location – […]”
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