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Originally Posted by mikehallbackhoe
thanks for the input, I will forget about drilling, and just keep an eye on the pads to see how they hold up. the crx almost coasts too well. it will go faster coasting ,than under power.
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That sound familiar
Is your CRX manual or auto? Either way, put lower gear in so that rpm is around 3000 when engine braking and it should help engine braking.
With one of my cars that I used on track, I got bad brake fading on 2nd to 3rd lap already, pads smoking, switched race pads in, still pads smoking, also I had to stand brakes to make them warm first and then when they warmed fading did start.
Old brake fluid, calibers not moving freely, brakes had not been serviced for long time, after doing full brake service brakes were holding up really well even design of hub was such that heat had to go trough bearing to escape, so I would say that even brake servicing is one of the annoying jobs, it is really worth it.
Even brake fluid should be replaced every two years which 'nobody' does really, contaminated brake fluid then causes corrosion which eventually causes need for new brake calipers etc.
Also everything that should move should be checked yearly and sliding caliber has sliding bolts( what is the correct word?) lubricated so that they are moving without effort, also it makes car coast better, so that one gets better mileage, but also makes car to stop lot better when needed.
Braking on hilly conditions should be made so that it is made just short time, not very comfy of course, but with extreme hills if you apply brakes more than 5 seconds it serves mostly just as adding heat to brakes, so braking should be made so that it lasts less. Not actually quite sure about that 5 seconds, might have been bit longer/shorter, but you get the idea.
One trick is to get aluminium flexible tube and run those from front of the car to brake discs, of course shield of brake shield should be removed, but that way you can get extra cooling for brakes, trick usually used in racing and it does cause some aerodynamic drag.