Re: Help with Brake Fade (sarcasm edition)

["Christoper Hartwell@bbn.com" <chartwel@bbn.com>]

Sarcasm Here:
It sounds like the guy that goes to the doctor and bends his arm up around
his head until its painful, and says to the doctor, "Doc it really hurts
when I do this!" The doctor replies, "WELL THEN DON'T DO IT".

Sorry, but it just seemed appropriate...(Flame Suit Donned)

But Tim has the correct fix/approach.

Thanks
Chris
98 J-VR6
16K

At 12:14 PM 02/18/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Folks,
>
>Yesterday I noticed something peculiar.  On a straight, vacant 
>service road (read Safe) I did three 0-100-0 runs, one right after the
>other.  When braking on the last run, I noticed the car just didn't
>want to stop as well as it had before.  The pedal felt very spongy.
>I am I correct in assuming that this is brake fade?  I did not enjoy
>this feeling and I'd like to know what steps I can take to prevent
>this from happening, other than buying slotted rotors, race pads and
>stainless lines.
>
>Would bleeding the lines and a brake fluid change help?
>
>At some point I'll upgrade with rotors, pads, and stainless lines but
>I'd like to know what I can do in the meantime with stock 97 brakes.
>
>Cheers,
> 
>----
>Jeff Newton
>