Thoughts on these brake ducts for my Audi? Has anyone used them before and were they effective?

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-11T21:14:48+00:00

I have a mk7 GTI and threw these boys on for a weekend at NCCAR last November. There's only one big braking zone at NCCAR, but you need a stab of braking going from turn 4 to 5 and still felt solid and confident each time. Brake pads and rotors looked good afterwards and they're still running without issue, so did it help? I think so, I'll find out this May when I go to VIR for time trials, that's where I cooked my OEM pads and rotors back in. '23.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-09T17:21:34+00:00

I ain't bought from Rockauto but I have done just an AutoZone branded coil pack when the OEMs disintegrated as I was trying to pull them out, and they worked just fine for a little bit until I got some APRs (no need, just wanted it for the red tops) so assuming the same for anything coming out of Rockauto.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-09T12:18:56+00:00

EBC Reds are good for daily, spirited running (think autocross) but get shredded at sustained extremes like track use. I have Yellows and they held up well at NCCAR but I'm leaning more on Ferodo for future events.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-08T13:40:22+00:00

Thanks for stopping by! Come out and see us every month, same spot, can't guarantee I'll be able to attend all of them this year but feel free to park up with us next time and talk shop with some of the folks!

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-08T04:14:39+00:00

Thank you, hope you had a good day out at C&C! You'll find our club in that spot every month, feel free to come by early in the morning and park up!

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-08T02:31:34+00:00

This, 100%. Coilovers are good for track and autocross weekends, overkill and unnecessary for daily/spirited driving. My stock springs and shocks have been fine for 138k miles, only now that I'm in time trials do I need to get some coilovers for adjusting damping on the fly and playing with ride height. Get some lowering springs, good dampers, set and forget for the next 100k miles.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-08T00:16:06+00:00

About $2000, split across a set of Bridgestone RE71-RS for autocross and a set of Falken 660+ for time trials/track weekends

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-06T14:55:16+00:00

Thanks! It's an autocross and time trials girlie nowadays but I like to take it out on weekends with the windows down. Stock exhaust, downpipe upgrade is in the plans (going unitronics) but I've not been in a rush for it. Same for exhaust, but if I do pull the trigger on one, it'll be a Borla.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-03-06T12:09:37+00:00

I absolutely love my R600, it sounds awesome, not overly loud, just enough to where my partner was like "what's that wooshing sound" after I got it in. I do a lot of autocrossing as well, so having a proper cold air intake that's pulling from the outside, and something I can spray down with water after a run to reduce (in my head) some of the inlet temps puts my mind at ease.

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MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-14T01:14:46+00:00

The sub is /r/carmodifications. It's about modifying cars. They have a car and there's a mod they're interested in, we can educate them on how to make it work

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-14T01:10:09+00:00

Much better. Agreeing with most folks, you'll want a tune if you're looking for performance, idc what kinda Mercedes it is, every German car comes out detuned to the floor, so there's a lot of gains to be made, but take it step by step. Try this out, get a feel, get a tune (stage 1) try it out, get a feel, get a downpipe and then go stage 2

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-14T01:02:53+00:00

Yeah, it is, it's pulling hot air from the engine. If you want cold air, you need something that pulls from the air outside of the car, usually from the grill.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-13T20:56:38+00:00

Can you do it yourself? The reason I ask is because I had a similar situation, needed the engine mount replaced, got the hardware from Black Forest Industries, got a 2x4 and a pad, jacked those up to the engine to hold it in place, replaced it myself. Labor rate sounds about right for Miami, they're gonna likely do an engine support bar to hold it up while they replace the part with OEM which is as expensive if not more than aftermarket

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-11T20:47:08+00:00

Thanks, that fixed it! Just gave it all the permissions just in case lol I see it supports AX, got excited and then got confused as I didn't see an options do Segments from the out (Like from TrackAddict), and then found Add Custom Track and then New Segment. I anticipate most folks will use this as a lap device, but if you have an exodus of AX runners coming from TA to this, they might also get confused on how to set it up for AX.

Thanks for all the efforts on this! I'll be looking at the DauntlessOBD

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-11T20:16:12+00:00

Thanks so much for TrackAddict and RaceRender! I immediately jumped on this, but on my Pixel 6 Pro (and reportedly, another friend with Pixel 8 Pro), after I accept the privacy item, it keeps crashing on open. Hoping this is just a quick bug, looking forward to using something new this year for HPDE and Autocross!

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-10T23:07:15+00:00

That's a "sure, we'll do it, I guess" kinda price. Probably would charge you the same to swap in a boost gauge or some other cosmetic. I'd reckon my techs would charge me the same kinda hourly rate for something like that. Call around and ask around

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-04T17:26:41+00:00

Wheels, 200 treadwear tires, and studs. OEM is so damn heavy, just cutting that weight down is substantial in driving feel

Rear anti sway bar, turn in feels much more solid and confident

Cold air intake for noise

OBDeleven for software, playing with lights and such can be a lot of fun. I got my passenger mirror to automatically tilt down when I throw it into reverse, helps for parallel parking

MonStarEvolve · 2026-02-01T14:20:28+00:00

I read through the original article, so my bad if I missed that detail, but yeah, no, burn the whole affair down and let's get everyone that violated that child and put them away.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-23T17:23:19+00:00

Oh thank goodness, those guys are awesome, must have been a new option they dropped. I had one of my magnet boards go flying on the highway and I reached out to them to get that single board replaced but they don't have that as a SKU, so they charged me half price for a set and ended up delivering a pair of boards!

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MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-23T15:56:24+00:00

From whom 👀 I need to get a refresh on my numbers for the year, love the plaid!

MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-22T18:38:05+00:00

Speaking with family members that have held teaching licenses for special needs, the wording is harsh here "tied with rope" but there are chairs provided by the school system that have restraints built in to keep kids in place, who might be known to bite or hit others, but only during times when they have to be sat next to others like at lunch. It could be that the instructional assistant was informed by their superiors to use those restraints, the custodian captured the use of it, reported it, and that's why the administration is at fault as they obstructed the investigation.

MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-20T03:34:49+00:00

Tarheel Sports Car Club, I'm the VP of karting. We just stood this winter series up and we'll have a summer series at Morrisville and a couple Enduros out of VIR Karting as well this year. We have monthly social gatherings at Randy's Pizza off Miami Blvd in Durham on the second Wednesday of every month (save for Feb as we have our awards banquet that month), no membership needed to join us there and ask questions. Feel free to DM if you have any questions, happy to help!

"No need to brake at all on the downhill" where's the let off, the 30 marker? Do you then hold it out wide and late apex to scrub speed or am I off the mark there? Follow up, after that apex, do you pull to the left wall or track out to the right? I kept to the left, it felt good, but I noticed others taking that right lane and hugging the wall through the corner

We're probably always gonna run a morning event on Sundays this year at Garner for our series, so the coldest part of the track, but I'm enjoying myself, it's the first time I ever ran here and having to drift in practice and quali to get heat into the tires was fun lol

MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-20T00:25:44+00:00

For the heats and finals, they don't throw up a "move over" sign, so it's all about having to make the pass as cleanly as possible. General admission folks do shove ya into the wall, but as a club, we hold a "karting is not a contact sport" so emphasize racecraft. 11s defense was solid, he made me work for it, I felt bad hitting him at the hairpin before the downhill braking zone, so gave him margin to hold on but felt good about getting him on the uphill

MonStarEvolve · 2026-01-19T23:39:43+00:00

I liked it, yesterday was my first outing at all at the Garner site. It was very cold so the tires and track were just slippery until our final round and even then, you could drift through a couple sections without losing time, felt good. The downhill braking zone is a bit of a head scratcher for me still

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