[Shotimes] Red hot rotors

[Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes]

Fiero's don't need any additional ways to catch on fire.  They are plenty
good at that stock. : )

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@concentric.net>
To: <Dynon007@aol.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Red hot rotors


> E-Brake cables, for sure.
>
> Yes I had it happen to me on an 86 V6 Fiero. They had a factory recall
> on the rear e-brake cables for the very same reason ours hang up,
> corrosion. The rear rotors on that car got so hot one night I had NO
> BRAKES at all. The pedal just hit the floor. The rear rotors were
> glowing red, calipers and rotors, after a 3 minute 60 mph jaunt with the
> brakes on. They smelled BAD, were smoking, and had expanded so much from
> the heat I had no brakes. At over 1100 F I could have grilled a burger
> near the rear wheel. 20 minutes later they cooled off and the brakes
> worked fine again, and even the pads seemed O.K.
>
> Freaky experience, though.
>
> I wouldn't worry about your brake components, just GET those CABLES
> fixed, and DON'T set the e-brake in the meantime. Make sure they are
> fully retracted with a visegrips if you have to. The Fiero cables
> commonly hung-up about 1-2 inches. I was forced to put a piece of yellow
> tape on the cable so I could see if they were retracted all the way into
> the sheath. Maybe that could work on a SHO.
>
> You don't want to ever be in a car that has no brakes, and enough heat
> can do it. I was lucky, while another time a friend of mine almost
> killed 7 people with no brakes.
>
> Leigh
>
> Dynon007@aol.com wrote:
> > The other night I let someone drive my car and they didn't let it warm
up
> > very long. It was 10 degrees outside and the car doesnt drift much or
any
> > when it is really cold. He took it up the street and came back and I
could
> > see my rotor from about 1/4 a mile away. When he pulled in the thing was
> > almost see through red and looked like something a blacksmith would be
> > holding with those metal tongs. Would it being really cold have
something to
> > do with the brake fluid? The thing was radiating so much heat I could
feel
> > it, it looked like it was about to melt. Later in the night I let the
car
> > warm up and drove it pretty far and applied the brakes pretty hard a
couple
> > of times and got out to look and nothing was wrong. Maybe he left the
e-brake
> > on. This happen to any of you guys? Should I be worried?
> >  91+ White MTX
> >
> >              Kent
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