I did a track day yesterday and found the brakes getting very hot.
I'm completely stock other than RBF600 fluid and braided hoses.
I only do occasionally track days but would like to stay out longer when I do

One of the guys suggested I remove the heat sheilds from the rear of the discs.
Seem like a reasonable idea what are the implications?
Cooked coil over?

Any other ideas?
Not too interested in ducting it
I've got some DS2500 pads to go on.

 

It's also a dust shield. If you are running aggressive pads, the brake dust mess on your suspension will be tough to clean.

 

Good point!
Thinking about it, it may be a dust shield rather than heat shield

 

Track = hot brakes

Running stock pads wasn't the best idea and that's where most of the problems are. Get some good track-only pads on there and you'll be fine. Ducting is the next step, which you may or may not need. Simply removing the dust shield won't do much, AFAIK.

 

Whilst it is not "the best idea" the car is 95% a road car, I only do a couple of track days a year.
On the road the OEM pads have been fine.
As I said I have a set of DS2500 pads to go on.
I'd have thought removing the shield would improve the cooling to the rear face at least.

 

I run oem at the moment for all conditions, and only do a few track days per year, too. I don't exactly think it's a bad idea to run oem's at the track; they seemed to perform pretty well to me, but you can burn through them pretty fast. I think some people here have gone through rears (if you have an ap2) in one track day or something.

I definitely finished mine off at a track day, and it wasn't very close to being done when I started.

 

Hi Mike!

Standard car???

 

I had a few track days with OEM pads as well, and if you're new, slow, and/or on a track that barely uses the brakes, you might be okay. It really doesn't take much to send those pads over the edge. I was there, 125mph into the braking zone for a ~60mph corner. Brake pedal went hard as a rock for the first second with no braking power, then softened up and started to slow the car. I was lucky that I only stuck one wheel off the track. You be the judge if you want to be there for that.

 

If you remove them, get some header wrap and some wire and wrap the rubber boots on the ball joints so that they don't get dried out and crack...exposing the ball joint to debris.

 

On the brakes yes