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Old Jan 25, 2002 | 12:02 PM
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A Rally Question

When i watch WRC rallies, i notice that when the racers race at night, their car's inside of the wheel glow bright orange (the part where the brakes clamp onto)

Does anyone why that happens?

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Old Jan 25, 2002 | 12:09 PM
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HAHA!

That's the brake disc! It's very hot
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Old Jan 25, 2002 | 01:25 PM
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so thats just the glow of the hot metal...oh!
it looks cool
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Old Jan 25, 2002 | 11:17 PM
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I think its cool to. I wish my car had good enough performance to do that. Ricers sometimes attach little lights to their rims or whatnot so that when Their wheels spin it looks like their brakes are glowing like a race car's. I dunno, if you think the effect is cool enough, I guess you could do that. But you'd sort of get made fun of...
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Old Feb 6, 2002 | 09:52 PM
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It is not so much the car's performance. It is the driver. Drive something hard enough for long enough and brakes can glow redhot. Don't try on your street car though you'll probably melt the seals out of the caliper. Race brakes or at least carbon/kevlar pads can take the heat.
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 10:35 AM
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evoandy you're kidding, right? ricers put lights on their brakes? never seen that and it seems kind of absurd, but hey if you get more (imaginative) performance
Can you buy thos lights in the US?
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 10:39 AM
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Just shoot flames out your exhaust, it's way more fun and takes less effort to do so.
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Old Feb 28, 2002 | 10:48 AM
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I know one guy who actually put some kind of burner under his car and linked it to his exhaust. He was actually shooting flames but he was so stupid that he burned a couple people.
Is this rice or what?
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Old Mar 7, 2002 | 02:59 PM
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Originally posted by Sk8boardIL
evoandy you're kidding, right? ricers put lights on their brakes? never seen that and it seems kind of absurd, but hey if you get more (imaginative) performance
Can you buy thos lights in the US?
i think he means airvalve LED lights.
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