do r-package air-dam brake ducts work?

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04-11-2009, 03:45 PM

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Right now you are blowing air on a hot rotor

I thought this was the point, lmao! Jusssst kidding...this is just how the car was set up when I bought it. I'm not even sure I would need em for what I am going to use the car for, but eh, their there and not bothering anyone so they stay.

04-11-2009, 04:39 PM

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I have a set of these coming next week:

just lean back, and open your mouth.

04-11-2009, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hustler

I have a set of these coming next week:

just lean back, and open your mouth.

Like this??

04-11-2009, 06:26 PM

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how much hustler?

04-12-2009, 09:31 PM

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how much hustler?

$105.

04-12-2009, 09:32 PM

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Like this??

no, more like

09-21-2009, 12:30 PM

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~~Whur r thos shields from?~~
Nevermind, need something 3" and that works with ABS.

09-26-2009, 11:40 PM

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Buy my BBK bitch and you won't have to worry about brake ducts. Comes with all the race pads YOU'RE going to need.

09-27-2009, 01:29 AM

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Buy my BBK bitch and you won't have to worry about brake ducts. Comes with all the race pads YOU'RE going to need.

I would, but your **** is too expensive.

09-27-2009, 02:23 AM

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Who the **** needs brakes? I ain't driving to stop, I'm driving to go places!

I need to get a decent setup before I worry about keeping them cool.

09-27-2009, 04:02 AM

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Drive like a girl = no need for brakes.
Drive like a man = need BBK w/ducting.

Simple as that.

09-27-2009, 09:28 AM

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I would, but your **** is too expensive.

Price is negotiable.

09-27-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Spookyfish

Drive like a girl = no need for brakes.
Drive like a man = need BBK w/ducting.

Simple as that.

you still crack rotors don't you...?

09-27-2009, 11:38 AM

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I took the factory "scoop" in the dust shield, did some snipping to bend it out, then extended it a few inches with some aluminum sheet and rivets. Now the scoop isn't shadowed by the wheel, instead it sticks into the air stream.

I did it to one side first, then did some brake-boosting, then stopped and compared left and right rotor temps with an IR thermometer. I got significantly lower temps.

Read it here from back in 2004, with pictures, bitches:
brake scoop idea - MX-5 Miata Forum

09-27-2009, 01:18 PM

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09-27-2009, 01:24 PM

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you still crack rotors don't you...?

I have no ducting as of yet... if I still crack them after that, I'm either fast or brake too much - probably the latter.

09-28-2009, 10:13 AM

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I have a pair of those Mazdacomp/SpeedSource brake ducts sitting in a box collecting dust :(
Something tells me they'll be useless with my 12.5" Brembo rotors. Should I sell them?

09-28-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Doppelgänger

I have a pair of those Mazdacomp/SpeedSource brake ducts sitting in a box collecting dust :(
Something tells me they'll be useless with my 12.5" Brembo rotors. Should I sell them?

Pics?