We were at Elvington last Sat. Early afternoon I noticed that the wheel centre cap was on the floor by the wheel. I went to refit it but it was so distorted by the heat generated by the brakes that it fell clean out again. The drivers side one had also gone awol.
thats rotas for you
Just because you go big on brakes doesnt mean they dont get hot. If anything that highlights just how much braking performance is available if you step up compared to the stock set up. If Im getting the wheels so hot though brake heat that the wheel centre caps are distorting and falling out then just how much later do you think Im braking compared to a standard set up?
have you tried measuring the temperature your brakes are getting to? a kettle is too hot to touch and would warp a centre cap yet where brakes are concerned that isnt very hot not just chatting shit but genuinely curious to see some comparative data
The last issue with fluid was a couple of months ago. The Skyline has a big hole in its bonnet, the exhaust system is ceramic coated from tip to tail including manifolds and the brake lines are run away from any heat source.
The fluid we ran was fresh.
To be fair to you, your points do have some validity. Our V8 S14 suffered from exactly what youre trying to pin boiling fluid on last year. We diagnosed the cause of the issue, lagged the master cylinder and lines where they passed the manifolds and solved the problem.
thanks for this tbh
However that wasnt the cause of the Skylines issues so no matter how you keep trying to address the issue youll not get round the fact that the car boiled its fluid because the fluid wasnt up to spec.
im still not sold