On 28/06/2022 10:59 am, bra wrote:
On Monday, June 27, 2022 at 9:13:58 AM UTC-7, News wrote:
Fan Cars for the win at FOS
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a40424619/watch-an-electric-fan-car-break-the-goodwood-hill-climb-record/
Lauda replied poker-faced, when questioned about the Brabham fan, that "it works very well to cool the engine compartment as intended ----"
So I went down a rabbit-hole from roadandtrack.com and found this"
"I was Almost Killed in my Tesla! Complete Brake Failure at 170mph!!!" <
https://youtu.be/Sp3LdgmZpD0>
You've got to wonder about some people. This guy knows that the stock Tesla suffers from
over-heating brakes and fluid boiling so upgrades with (expensive) big race brakes with carbon
rotors - but then uses Tesla standard Dot3 fluid! I mean really <smh>.
I just checked my fluid stock from when I had the discs skimmed and put new Remsa ceramic pads in
the 1985 Honda City last year. Yep, I went with the slightly more expensive Bendix "Ultra Premium
Dot4" for the flush and refill. I'm not doing 170 mph on a track but I figured brakes are pretty
important and worth spending the extra $5 a bottle on. I even have an unopened litre bottle of it
that I didn't need. I bought plenty so that I could be sure to flush all of the old fluid out.
Using cheap fluid's one thing - not having a proper race harness, roll cage and helmet at those
speeds on a track is another. (well same root cause I suspect...)
--
Shaun.
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