Journal – Page 12

Best Masters and Books

All is around you and best teacher/master is life. You've to make ten times more mistakes than anyone else and most importantly to learn from them. Errors are best tool of inner path. ALWAYS FOLLOW INNER PATH because that's what Mother Nature created you for ! General wisdom Sun Tzu [...]

It is always about weakest part of a system

Sad thing of modern motorsport is never ending battle for horsepower - we see stronger and stronger cars but weakest and weakest drivers. Monkey can drive a stick in modern cars. Golden Era of Ari Vatanen, Walter Röhl, Tommi Mäkinen, Juha Kankunnen, Collin McRae, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and many [...]

Jurid White brake pads failure

After proper bedding period and my initial test, it was time for proper Alpine test... and it didn't go well. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND INFORMATIONS USEFUL, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATION. RESULTS optimal temperature 300°C decent pads for low lands and city traffic brake pads fade [...]

Skoda Octavia II (1Z3) – drilled Brembo rear brakes and Jurid White test

After recent rear brake upgrade, I was like a kid in candy store. I couldn't wait till I get back home into mountains and test my latest solution for safe braking in mountains. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND INFORMATIONS USEFUL, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATION. RESULTS rear [...]

Skoda Octavia II (1Z3) – drilled Brembo rear brakes and Jurid White

I finally got rear brakes running right as mentioned in my last test. After heavy overheating of OEM brakes, they've got distorted but finally braked. Time to get an upgrade. PLEASE READ WARNINGS BEFORE YOU PROCEED !!! IF YOU FIND INFORMATIONS USEFUL, PLEASE CONSIDER DONATION. It may seem that you [...]

Skoda Octavia II (1Z3) – Ferodo Premier brake pads test

During my first brake system test, I wasn't aware of jammed rear brakes. It is easy to overheat front brakes, on front engine cars, especially with faulty rear brakes. Ferodo invented brake pads and Brembo is leader in brake systems. Of course there is also Pagid, Mintex and others. I've [...]