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The Radium King 06-10-2012 07:32 AM

Titanium Brake Shields?
 
RSS Titanium Brake Shields

JFP in PA 06-10-2012 12:06 PM

The fact that this clown thinks boiling brake fluid produces air should tell you something about his level of technical acumen, and exactly how much you should believe everything else he says……………..

The Radium King 06-10-2012 02:03 PM

there was a movie a few years ago with jack black and ben stiller (can't remember the name). in the movie jack black invents a device that makes dog ******************** disappear. the big thing was "where does the poo go?"

so, where does the heat go if the pads can't transfer it to the chassis?

Steve Tinker 06-10-2012 04:36 PM

They are air cooled......both from air flow when the vehicle is at speed and also (to a lesser degree) by the forced rotational draughting effect of air from the wheels and rotors.

stephen wilson 06-10-2012 04:52 PM

It may not be air from the brake fluid, but it can "boil" and cause a soft pedal. Whether this product works or not, I have no Idea. SS pistons, and various insulating materials are a legitimate way to keep heat out of the brake fluid.

The Radium King 07-29-2012 09:46 PM

i understand that brakes are air cooled. however the airflow cools the whole assembly and not just the pads. these shields isolate the pads from the rest of the assembly, so if the pads can't radiate heat into the rest of the assembly to be cooled by the air (and, i understand, to not transfer the heat into the brake fluid) where does the heat go? the pads can't hold it all. i suspect snake juice and the heat will get into the assembly regardless of whatever titanum doodads you put in it's way, and beware your brake fluid. titanium whatever can't make heat dissappear.

Ghostrider 310 07-30-2012 01:48 AM

Placebo effect, can't underestimate it's power in humans, people have responded to sugar pills as much as the actual medicine in some studies. I think this is one of those times, just like improving the intake noise creates the illusion of more acceleration.


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