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Old 27th May 2009, 11:15 PM
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What did you do? Do tell......
Well its a racing car fix so function over form really but I got some big preformed ducts from GPRdirect



they are 125mm high and 240mm long so can shift quite a lot of air, we have then added to the back of the ducts the Neoprene tubing to force the air right to the back of the hub



The disc should then in theory draw the air into the vents and out of the the top of the disc cooling the caliper as well. It seemed very effective, we had a infa red thermometer with us and the front discs we about 1/4 of the temperature of the rear discs after a cooling down lap.
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Old 28th May 2009, 06:17 AM
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Cool (pun intended)! Got a photo of the installation?
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2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
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2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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Old 28th May 2009, 09:37 AM
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not at the minute I havent no, if i get a chance before the meet i'll get one up failing that you'll be able to see for yourself.
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