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| Brake Performance after track day Hi, Had a great day last Saturday at Oulton Park, had 1/2 day track-day in my standard Mini Cooper. I'd recommend this to anyone so you can fully explore the handling, I struggled to make the Mini slide even at high speeds in a sharp hair-pin-felt like my organs were being moved around! Anyway, you can guess the brakes took some stick, although at least every five laps (out of a total of about 30) I brought the car in for 10 mins to cool down etc. Since then we think the brakes are performing slightly less well, not dangerous but just not as good. Trying to determine if this is the fluid/pads/discs, pads and dics look fine, could this be the fluid having boiled? The pedal just feels slightly lower and braking not quite as immdiate but I wouldn't say the pedal was spongy. Hope you can help. Eifion |
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| Fluid probably got too hot if it was stock stuff. The pads may be well worn causing a need for more travel on the pedal if they were stock. I'd suggest going to a better pad and higher spec fluid for the next time....you'll get more out of the experience. Or even better if you have cash to burn opt for JCWs or a BBK! ![]() Obly problem with BBKs is you need to take some glue with you so you can stick your face back on when it gets sucked onto the screen under hairpin braking This is the most unprofessional bit of site management I have seen since I was banned from a certain other site...at least they had the excuse that they were enthusiasts who had strong views and not professionals paid to keep thier cool! |
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| Although it is extremely common for the brakes to feel pretty bad after a track day for a good 50 miles or so but if you are planning on doing future track days id recommend upgrading your brakes or atleast replacing your brack fluid more often maybe with higher temp fluid. |
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