To To Brake or Not to Brake......that is the Question

[jaykay]

Are there problems with setting the hand brake in a Boxster after coming off the track?

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by jaykay

Are there problems with setting the hand brake in a Boxster after coming off the track?

... you should NEVER use the hand brake when the brakes are hot...

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[jaykay]

Yes I realize but the Boxster brake appears to be some sort of crazy remote drum system no where near the rotors......

[944boy]

It's actually a vestigial drum. The hand brake applies to the inside of the rear rotors. So if you apply it after a track session you are applying cold pads against a hot rotor.

Good idea to leave it in gear and bring wheel chocks or a block of wood to a track day.

[jaykay]

Ahhhh that what I was afraid of..... Thanks

....and it doesn't look like it can take hand brake turns!

[thstone]

What Pedro said. Good advice.

And never touch the hand brake on a track day when the brakes are hot. When stopped, just leave it in gear and unless the paddock is on the side of a hill, you should be fine.