track rubber/tar in wheels and brakes after Sebring?
I've been super busy since my last outing at Sebring at the end of January, but just got around to giving the car a once-over to make sure everything is still there, lol. I did notice a few things...
exhaust tips got HOT! they actually turned a light goldish color from the heat. I also notice the tips wobbled around a bit, and actually made contact with one small area of the rear bumper that surrounds the tips and melted it a little. Solution - weld an exhaust hanger to limit movement of the exhaust tip.
another thing I noticed was when I was inspecting the brakes was that the caliper is actually a slight goldish color from the heat (was pure silver before the track event) but then when looking at the caliper itself I noticed some kind of black goop running down the front part of the caliper (the area where the pad first makes contact with the rotor). I touched it and it is sticky, almost like a tar-substance. I then noticed a few small little tar/rubber balls stuck to the inside of the wheel.
Is this normal grime from running Sebring? man this stuff is nasty and is a pain the clean off... but I guess a bit got stuck to the rotor or the side of the brake pad itself and melted.
I also noticed a little bit of brake fluid that was dried up on the side of the caliper, and appeared to be running down from the bleeder. Is this normal as well, to have a little bit of brake fluid weep from the bleeder after a track day? The pedal is still firm, so no air is getting into the system. I'm thinking that the system might have been a little overfilled, and the fluid had to escape somehow... (i also noticed a little fluid came out of the top of the reservior).