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Originally Posted by VMZ432
Closest I've come to losing my girl! I had total brake failure at the end of the straight on Wednesday at a local track. Foot to the floor, pumping.... nothing..... please come back please come back..... nope.... come on you b*stard!.... nothing..... oohh shit....
When I got back to the pits my front left brake was on fire and needed extinguishing, the liquid on the ground is what little brake fluid was left in the system. I think what happened is the pads and caliper over heated so badly that the seal in the brake line melted and started spewing fluid. I'll know more next week.
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I'm guessing it will turn out your brake line failed, due to road debris or something else cutting a slice out of it. I've also seen them fail because someone removed a caliper, then reinstalled with the line twisted the wrong way. I'm sure that's NOT what happened here, right? ;-)
You are very lucky, mixed in with some driving talent. Glad you managed to bring it safely to a stop! Would be interested to hear what the post-mortum determines was the cause. And congrats on the Trophy brakes. I've got them on my Corvette and love them!