| Re: Brake Ducting
Has anyone tried using brake recirculators??? In the book Brake Systems by Mavrigian and Carley, they talk about using recirculating systems to help keep the fluid cool as a fresh supply of fluid is delivered to the caliper each time you depress the pedal. It has the added benefit with road racers and endurance racers in that when it comes time to change the pads/calipers due to excessive wear(piston lock up), the usual method requires bleeding the brakes. But with a recirculator, you just change the caliper, pump the brakes two or three times and it self bleeds the line because the fluid is recirculated back to the recirculator and at most just needs topping off with fluid. There is a picture in the book showing the system but I don't want the copyright gods to strike me down. It basicly has a T fitting at the master cylinder or two banjo fittings stacked. One line goes to the caliper as usual. This passes through a flow valve(Wilwood) and hooks up to the caliper as usual. Then where the bleeder valvle is, is a line back to the master cylinder T, which also passes through a flow valve. This keeps the fluid flowing in one direction(a circle). I can send pics to anyone interested. I have read that recirculators are not considered good for street use, although I don't see why not.
Bill |