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Here is another in my series of questions and a really cool thing along with it....
First of all last night I was booting up and down a street in an industrial area here, playing around with the boost settings, i realizd after the 6th or 7th run, i started to lose braking power... on the 8th run down the street, with the pedal almost to the floor, i could not lock up the brakes NO matter what, and i could only slow down gradually...... I stopped the car got out, and I see smoke coming from ALL four wheels..... I know this is normal since once you stop the brake pad dust left on the rotors and calipers, frys off.....
BUT my question is how to fix this.... i have Stillen Matrix pads, PowerSlot rotors, NO SS brake lines, and NO Dot4 fluid (just stock toyota fluid, for the last 3 years). My feelings is that I need to change the fluid, since it is probably boiling, just wanted a second opinion. Thanks.
NOW THE INTERESTING PART..... My buddy was with me who has an '95 Acura Legend 6Spd. We wanted to see if he also gets the same fade, so he went for a few runs with hard braking.... After his 4 or 5th run when he was braking right in fron of me, i realized both his front rotors WERE GLOWING BRIGHT RED
. And the funny thing is they kept glowing brightly for at least 1 - 2 minutes, it was the collest thing i have seen in a while.
-Bartel
First of all last night I was booting up and down a street in an industrial area here, playing around with the boost settings, i realizd after the 6th or 7th run, i started to lose braking power... on the 8th run down the street, with the pedal almost to the floor, i could not lock up the brakes NO matter what, and i could only slow down gradually...... I stopped the car got out, and I see smoke coming from ALL four wheels..... I know this is normal since once you stop the brake pad dust left on the rotors and calipers, frys off.....
BUT my question is how to fix this.... i have Stillen Matrix pads, PowerSlot rotors, NO SS brake lines, and NO Dot4 fluid (just stock toyota fluid, for the last 3 years). My feelings is that I need to change the fluid, since it is probably boiling, just wanted a second opinion. Thanks.
NOW THE INTERESTING PART..... My buddy was with me who has an '95 Acura Legend 6Spd. We wanted to see if he also gets the same fade, so he went for a few runs with hard braking.... After his 4 or 5th run when he was braking right in fron of me, i realized both his front rotors WERE GLOWING BRIGHT RED
-Bartel