New soultion for brake fade

[Hiroshima]

I pulled this off of the M5 board. It seems that Stoptech has found that Titanium backing plates reduce the amount of heat delivered to the caliper and thus to the fluid. For the true racers out there *read not-me* this may help you out.

http://www.bmwm5.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=33155

Cheers.

Jeff

 

[nsxxtreme]

I would think this would just cause the pads to retain the heat. Now the heat has no where to disippate to. Seems it would defeat the pupose.

 

[ncdogdoc]

The pads are designed to handle the heat, the calipers and enclosed brake fluid are not. The ROTOR is the heat sink. This just helps keep the heat moving toward the rotor instead of also flowing into the caliper and affecting the hydraulic fluid. Most racing calipers have options of different material backing plates around the caliper pistions to aid in reducing heat sink.

This is why you direct your cooling to the rotor and not the caliper or pads.

 

[nsxxtreme]

If the pads aren't touching the rotor how does heat disipate into the rotor? I realize they are scimming the rotor but is this enough to cool the pads?

 

[nsxtasy]

If the pads aren't touching the rotor how does heat disipate into the rotor? I realize they are scimming the rotor but is this enough to cool the pads?

Pads HAVE TO touch the rotor. That's how pads work.

Keep in mind that brake pads for which the backing plate is a material that does not conduct heat as well (e.g. ceramic), they put less heat in the hydraulics, but that concentrates more heat on the rotor...

 

[Ponyboy]

Good find!