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12-07-2003, 07:04 PM
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Burning Brakes
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It came in 3rd in class and 13th overall. Had problems with the brakes, fluid kept boiling from the heat of turbo, something about to close to master cylinder, and an intake hose popped off keeping the car from running, so it had to be towed to the pits.
12-07-2003, 07:44 PM
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i caught it, outstanding,
12-08-2003, 12:44 AM
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Race Director
Originally posted by stoked944
tommorow at 11pm again.
tommorow at 11pm again.
Monday, December 8th, 11:00pm EST, the show will be airing again. It's a one-hour program.
-Z.
12-08-2003, 06:28 PM
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Originally posted by stolarzj
It came in 3rd in class and 13th overall. Had problems with the brakes, fluid kept boiling from the heat of turbo, something about to close to master cylinder, and an intake hose popped off keeping the car from running, so it had to be towed to the pits.
It came in 3rd in class and 13th overall. Had problems with the brakes, fluid kept boiling from the heat of turbo, something about to close to master cylinder, and an intake hose popped off keeping the car from running, so it had to be towed to the pits.
They should have used a pressure bleeder and just opened the nipple and allowed the pressurized fluid to run straight out of the bleed nipple onto the ground. Then, after the car left the pits, they would clean up the brake fluid. Would've been much quicker and very effective.
Although . . . in addition to the turbo heating the brake fluid, it appeared to me from the night video that their brake bias was set way too much to the front and boiling the fluid at the calipers.
