Jdub

with Jon this past weekend. The event was nice. But after riding around with Jon in his c32, taking hot laps with those guys was somewhat of a let down Anyway, a while back I posted pics of Jon's stock calipers after they turned gold. There was a lot of discussion as to why they did this and if something was wrong with him or the brakes and it turns out this is a normal occurrence when you drive the car hard. At the C-spot event we noticed every one of the c32's they were using had the golden caliper syndrome. Yet and still the driver I spoke said he had the utmost confidence in the brakes. Anyhow, here are a few pics of the calipers .....

6.3

Why was it a let down?
Did the brakes get so hot or is it after they cooled down?

Carl AMG

I've met Jon and have seen him drive at our Summit Point DE in March so I can understand what you're saying about a let down. He was flying on street tires.

As far as the brakes, I wonder if you'd have the same issue with a (non OE) more high performance brake fluid. I wore out my brakes at the the Summit Point DE (needed rotors and pads front and rear) but didn't discolor the calipers. I was running ATE Super Blue. Could that be the difference?

Was Jon running OE brake fluid when he first turned the calipers gold?

Jdub

Like Carl said ....but also the ride along was maybe 30 seconds or so. It was just over too quickly.

And the calipers didn't turn gold before our eyes, it happens over time (they were like that when we got there). And yes they heat them up pretty good all day long.


Carl - I'll let Jon answer that question about the fluid I cannot remember right off.

On Pole

Thanks Carl, I was using ATE Super Blue Racing fluid and Porterfield R-4 compond pads.