Titanium Brake Pad Shim Heat Shield Set; Aston Martin DB9 2004-2014 FRONT
- Item condition:
- New
- Ended:
- Nov 28, 17:13 PST
- Price:
- $109.99 View item
- Shipping:
- FREE
- Item location:
- Saint Louis,MO,USA
- Ships to:
- Worldwide
Item specifics
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- Part Brand:
- Iperformance
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- Part Number:
- IP-THS-1165-AstonMartinDB9-04-09-FRONT
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- Material:
- Titanium
Titanium Brake Pad Shim / Heat Shield Set. 6AL-4V Alloy; Aircraft Grade Titanium; .032 Inch Thick (.8125 mm Thick). More than 1 1/2 times thicker than .020 Inch / .5 mm, providing more than 1 1/2 times the heat shielding of .020 Inch / .5 mm. For Front Brakes of: 2004-2014 Aston Martin DB9 with Brembo Four Piston Front Brakes Set Of Four, One Axle, Left and Right Side, Inner and Outer.
Titanium, along with being extremely strong, hard, light weight, and corrosion resistant, has another property that is highly beneficial and desirable to the braking system of an automobile. Titanium is a very poor conductor of heat, and makes an excellent heat shield. The engineering literature and various sources state that titanium has 1/20th the thermally conductivity of aluminum and 1/8th the thermal conductivity of steel. It makes an excellent material for preventing heat from transferring to the brake fluid in an automobile's brake calipers, and preventing the brake fluid from boiling. This is why it is commonly used in extremely expensive brake pads, as backing plates, and extremely expensive brake calipers, as caliper pistons.
But those of us using normal steel backed brake pads and steel or aluminum pistoned calipers can still benefit from titanium's heat shielding properties, by using titanium shims between the brake pad and the caliper. These shims form a barrier, preventing heat transfer from the rotor and pad to the caliper and brake fluid. One high end brake manufacturer cites a 25% reduction in heat transference, at one spot in the middle of the heat range showing a reduction in heat transfer from 525 ° F, to 375 ° F, using a thinner .020 inch thick shim/heat shield.
Benefits:
Performance Benefits:
- Prevents brake fade caused by boiling the brake fluid, by reducing the amount of heat transfered from the rotor and pades to the caliper and fluid....
