[Mgs] Back on track

[Eric Erickson]

On 07/04/2010, at 3:02 PM, Mike Janacek wrote:

> Good show Eric! What kind of speed can you carry, average and on the
straights at your track?
> Mike
>


As you can see, this track is all about braking and hairpin corners.  The back
"straight" (actually a banana bend) is the only place where we stretch out a
bit and I get to about 100mph by the time I have to brake.  A lot of the time
we are hitting 60/70 mph before having to hit the brakes again.

The place is tough on brakes.  We have one event where we get LOTS of laps (it
is a six-hour "teams" event) and last year I started losing my brakes on this
track after 14 laps.  By the time I got to 30 laps I needed two full pumps
before I had any braking at all.  Very cool.

I now have Rover, four-pot front brakes with ventilated rotors - and I am
using Motul high-temp fluid - so hopefully that will not happen this year.
But trust me, most cars will have a soft or long brake pedal after those sort
of laps out there!


Thanks,