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chrisn · 15th July 2006, 04:25

I have done six or seven track days with mine, including one particular day of very hard driving with 265+ deg oil temp and brakes that sounded like snap, crackle and pop after each run.

I haven't noticed any problems (other than squealing brakes). I do have a couple of rattles, but not sure if that is related.

On reported brake life, I am pretty sure the computer looks at the rate of pad consumption compared to miles driven and extrapolates. When it goes from 20K life to 3K life, it doesn't mean that you have consummed "almost all" of you pad, it just means that your massive short-term use is tricking the computer (because it assumes that the lat 10 miles of track driving is representative of your future driving).

The proof for my logic here is that you remaining life will actually GO UP after you drive normally for a couple hundred miles.

15th July 2006, 04:25	#2 (permalink)
chrisn Fellow Member (>400) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 453 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I have done six or seven track days with mine, including one particular day of very hard driving with 265+ deg oil temp and brakes that sounded like snap, crackle and pop after each run. I haven't noticed any problems (other than squealing brakes). I do have a couple of rattles, but not sure if that is related. On reported brake life, I am pretty sure the computer looks at the rate of pad consumption compared to miles driven and extrapolates. When it goes from 20K life to 3K life, it doesn't mean that you have consummed "almost all" of you pad, it just means that your massive short-term use is tricking the computer (because it assumes that the lat 10 miles of track driving is representative of your future driving). The proof for my logic here is that you remaining life will actually GO UP after you drive normally for a couple hundred miles. Last edited by chrisn; 15th July 2006 at 05:02.