Has anyone taken the front brake "dust shields" completely off and run on a road track?

I've run my Evo on road tracks quite a bit, but always with the factory air guides installed, and with partially cut-out dust sheilds. When I first got the car, and before I ran it on the track, I installed the guides. I was planning to remove the shields as well (easy on this car!), but was concerned about heat damage to the ABS sensor and wiring.

If you've taken them off, have you noticed any heat damage to the sensors or wiring?

 

Not with the Evo (yet) but I took the dust shields off my Type-R when I goto track and I can "see" a big different.
With the shield in place.....I always found the inside front pad is a little thinner (and more crack) than the outside pad due to more cooling at the outside......after the shield is off, they have even wear!!

as for the brake feel/ perfromance.....i guess there's little to feel or tell, but when I compare my brake's perfromane to other ppl (w/ same car, same track pad) who had the heat sheild.....they usually have softer brake padel or sometime even start getting brake fade at the end of the session or end of the day so.....IMO it's worth to remove it and I think i will do the same once I start track my Evo.

if you're concern about the heat damage to abs sensor....you can use heat warp to cover the sensor and part of the cv-joint. I know most honda-challenge racer do the same and so far they say it work (to protect the abs).

you can find those heat wrap at racerwholesale, Jeg's or Summit racing

hope this help

 

whosevo - thanks for the info. I'll try to get some heat sheilding.

 

i did this on wrx helped quite a bit on hot days

 

Where are the dust shields on the EVO?

 

right behind the brake rotor.....you will see a metal shield.

 

tsi90AWD When you installed the factory air guides did you cut away the parts on the undertray? this is recommended and will make those air guides a lot more effective....

 

Dyno - Yes, I did. The stock brakes (plus air guides) have performed very well for me. I'm not complaining about the brake system being too hot, so I need to remove the dust/heat shields. It is just nice to get as much cooling as possible! (at least on a street-based brake system like ours)

BTW, I'd highly recommend installing the air cooling guides on any Evo that is tracked. They really work.