Hi everyone, due to the lack of availability of brake cooling kits on the market, I decided to make my own.
Here are the details and the procedures I followed; the short version.
First, I had to start here.
I had to remove the dust shields eventually, I had a spare pair I used to shape the flanges. I had to drill out the rivets holding them on.
I'd used the spare dust shields to determine the right shape the flanges would have to be.
and using a flange I'd done wrong, I determined where I wanted my duct to land.
and I set the flange on the dust shield.
Before I was done, I used a whole tube of this...
It's good to over 500 degrees, the hose is good to 550. I wasn't sure so...
Here's a rotorview!
I left all the strength ridges on the dust shield. I could've opened the rotor side further, but the dust shield is not designed as a structural element, incorporating a ducting system there changed that.
I used button head hardware, stainless, to replace the rivets, along with nylock nuts, 8mm. Even the self drilling #8 screws I used were stainless.
No beer until you route the driver's side hose. (the whole process was done over a week, plenty of beer up to this point) Once done with that, Beer Time!
Here's how I routed the DS hose.
Here's how I routed the passenger side hose...
As was said, this is a short version, PM me for details.
Here's my new HE screen, along with screens for my (now functional) brake ducts!
Here are the details and the procedures I followed; the short version.
First, I had to start here.
I had to remove the dust shields eventually, I had a spare pair I used to shape the flanges. I had to drill out the rivets holding them on.
I'd used the spare dust shields to determine the right shape the flanges would have to be.
and using a flange I'd done wrong, I determined where I wanted my duct to land.
and I set the flange on the dust shield.
Before I was done, I used a whole tube of this...
It's good to over 500 degrees, the hose is good to 550. I wasn't sure so...
Here's a rotorview!
I left all the strength ridges on the dust shield. I could've opened the rotor side further, but the dust shield is not designed as a structural element, incorporating a ducting system there changed that.
I used button head hardware, stainless, to replace the rivets, along with nylock nuts, 8mm. Even the self drilling #8 screws I used were stainless.
No beer until you route the driver's side hose. (the whole process was done over a week, plenty of beer up to this point) Once done with that, Beer Time!
Here's how I routed the DS hose.
Here's how I routed the passenger side hose...
As was said, this is a short version, PM me for details.
Here's my new HE screen, along with screens for my (now functional) brake ducts!