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Old 04-25-2004, 01:48 AM   #1
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Default SLR - Glowing discs under braking
I just found this image and thought id share it with everyone, its amazing!!
Hope you enjoy it as much as i did



its small but SWEET!
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Old 04-25-2004, 02:20 AM   #2
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wow, that's very cool
thanks for the pic!

is this pic taken during the testing stage?
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Old 04-25-2004, 02:51 AM   #3
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Thank you ! Hard tests
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Old 04-25-2004, 03:23 AM   #4
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very interesting! does anything know anything about this?
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Old 04-25-2004, 04:38 AM   #5
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Wow, just like F1............I hope it last longer than the F1 Mclaren tho LOL
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Old 04-25-2004, 05:50 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe
Wow, just like F1............I hope it last longer than the F1 Mclaren tho LOL
explain.
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Old 04-25-2004, 05:52 AM   #7
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Sweeeeeet, thanks.
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Old 04-25-2004, 07:27 AM   #8
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that is a nice, not many road cars light up like that. Is it the carbon that does it? Cause i was talking to my cusin who is a track driver and he says he dosnt see red brakes on road cars.
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Old 04-25-2004, 10:50 AM   #9
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Oh man ...i didn't know that someone was taking a pic of me ..looooooool

nice man thanks for it ......
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Old 04-25-2004, 11:09 AM   #10
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Damn...that looks really cool. I didn't know that they fit such a mechanism in the SLR. Any more pics of it ??
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Old 04-25-2004, 11:13 AM   #11
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:arrow: more pics

there´s a six page article in the previous AMS issue, a comparision between 300 SLR Uhlenhaut-Coupé and SLR McLaren, very nice and good read, unfortunately in german only...
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Old 04-25-2004, 01:58 PM   #12
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why would you try to get your brakes to glow it ruins them :roll: but if i was a track driver i would do that just for show
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Old 04-25-2004, 04:42 PM   #13
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great pic for a wallpaper, too bad it's so small
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Old 04-25-2004, 04:58 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by AZNSUNNYD
why would you try to get your brakes to glow it ruins them :roll: but if i was a track driver i would do that just for show
It doesn't ruin the brakes, the SLR has ceramic brakes, they are made to take abuse and it it normal for them to glow when you are under hard braking, its how they disipate heat.

Cool pic btw.
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Old 04-25-2004, 05:41 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Fleischmann
Damn...that looks really cool. I didn't know that they fit such a mechanism in the SLR. Any more pics of it ??
What is this mechanism you speak of? The brakes on that SLR are glowing because of the heat created by heavy braking. This is not some ricer glowy shit. Why would they put that on a SLR?
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