Wet Brakes

[Robert Humphris]

Someone who knows the score when it comes to real power on the track
wrote:

>The local 5Litre touring cars use water sprayed on the discs to cool the
>brakes. Massive discs and 6 pot calipers - you need that for 300kmh :-)
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>Peter
>(Finally worked out how to stop winmail.dat with Bill's Pot-O-S#!t Emailer
>prog)

The Thundersaloons were basically the same sorts of speeds as your
modern day touring car, the way that they managed this was by having
litterally no rules as to what modifications were allowed. No Max engine
size, no max tire width, no wing restrictions, in fact no of the silly
rules that has turned motorsport into the dull lack lustre debarcle that
it is today.  What ever happened to it, though? well it became Formula
Saloon, with the same rules as before!  So now you get to see ex works
touring cars vs clubman built specials, there is a twin turbo V8 powered
saloon that produces nearly 1000bhp!  No that has got to be seen to be
believed.

What was all this about? Oh yea, no matter what cooling the barkes on
many of these monsters have, and they have the lot, because of the
acceleration and braking on circuits like Brands Hatch many need water
cooling the breaks, many even have oil coolers in their diffs
gearboxes/transaxles


Rob Humphris
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