[DeTomaso] Carbon Fiber Brake discs!!!

[Ken Green]

Jack,
 
    I think this answers some of your questions:
 
http://www.f1technical.net/articles/2
 
 
Ken

--- On Mon, 1/5/09, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Carbon Fiber Brake discs!!!
To: 
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 1:19 PM

In a message dated 1/5/09 6:15:48 AM, michael at michaelshortt.com writes:

> Carbon Fiber brakes .....BEGIN working at 1,200 degrees (F) and are 
> capable, and in fact, perform better as they get hotter- up to 3,000
degrees. 
> 
I've always been curious as to how the racers using these things insulate
the 
brake fliud from boiling. After all, a monstrous heat source is only 
milimeters away from the caliper pistons. The bike racers using them don't
have to 
worry about radiated heat to the wheels and tires since the discs are much 
smaller than the wheels, and are actually shrouded rather than air-cooled, but
I 
imagine car racers do.... Curious- J DeRyke



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