no brakes at 140 mph

[sickmint79]

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[Thirdgen89GTA]

Hindsight being what it is, I'm not sure if it would have been better to go into the pea gravel or do what he did and run for a straight line through the grass. I mean yeah it slowed him down. The pea gravel would have done that too.

Oddly enough as I read the thread title I happened to be listening to Offspring's "No Brakes".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDDu_0NsEk

 

[VenomousDSG]

No E-brake?

 

[bikrboy128]

e-brake at 140mph would've ended in disaster.

guy came out of that like a champ. kudos to him for not losing his cool

 

[IDAFC21]

That was the absolute best possible outcome of that situation. I probably would have done the same thing. Tho there would have been less laughing, and more poo.

 

[10sec]

I mean, he *had* brakes, they just weren't enough to slow him all the way down. He didn't enter that corner at 140mph. Needs race pads.

 

[Gone_2022]

He is super freaking lucky it was that turn on that race track. Any other turn and it would have been him vs a wall.

 

[jason05gt]

I would have tried to downshift and engine brake to slow the car down.

 

[Gone_2022]

At that speed that would have done very little in that short amount of time. If he was already spinning 5500 rpm in 4th gear (example) there is no where to downshift to at that point.

 

[greasy]

E-Brake......really?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

You could ease up on the ebrake to slow yourself down. You don't want to pull it full out but it could have helped stop him without making his rearend slide around but also wouldnt do much to stop you quickly.

 

[greasy]

No way I am touching that E-Brake at those speeds unless I am heading right for a wall or another car with no other options.

 

[jason05gt]

At that speed that would have done very little in that short amount of time. If he was already spinning 5500 rpm in 4th gear (example) there is no where to downshift to at that point.

He was braking though and experienced fade. I would have attempted to heel/toe down a gear.

 

[sickmint79]

i'd be skerred if an overrev if i did that. i wouldn't touch the ebrake i'd be skerred of it making things a lot worse, plus i'd be focused with 2 hands on the wheel looking for an out

 

[crooks]

Sheit Ive done that at Road Atlanta dozens of times in forza

 

[boostedguy05]

SHORTCUT!

 

[2.3efi]

Sheit Ive done that at Road Atlanta dozens of times in forza

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one to have flash backs to Forza, I just blast right through the grass and it usually evens out.

 

[nytebyte]

Had something similar happen to me at the Autobahn on the back straight, right before the hairpin turn to the right, but only at 120 mph. I somehow managed to get it around the corners and then after slowing to about 60, I used the e-brake and entered the paddock.

Scared the shit out of me.

After re-bleeding the brakes, they were fine for the rest of the day.

 

[sickmint79]

that's the only place i ever lost them 100%. i used all remaining braking to stay on track - i made that turn but the brakes were *completely* gone after that. i don't recall using the e-brake and think i managed to be going quite slow after barely staying on. pit out and went to the paddock and pedal to the floor had no resistance and did not a single thing whatsoever.

my wheels and tires were insanely hot, couldn't touch the wheels for a while. i think this was an AMS day and they had a guy there bleeding pretty much all day so i had him do it and was good to go.

the sti i'd bleed before every track day, sometimes at the track day. the brz i bleed once in the spring and then i'm done. it would probably last multiple years even. love the lightness!