2015 Dodge Challenger Owner Manual SRT - Page 272

270 UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL 3. Do not continue for more than one full burnishing lap 7. New brake pads installed on old rotors still need to be after you start smelling the brakes. Do not get them burnished. New rotors installed with old pads should smoking heavily. This will get them too hot and will be burnished at the track, or street driven for 300 city negatively affect their life in future track use. miles, to develop an adequate lining transfer layer on the rotor surface prior to track use. 4. Allow the vehicle to sit and cool in the paddock for at least 30 minutes. If an infrared thermal gun is avail- 8. Rotors that pulsate during track use should be reable, allow the rotors to cool to 200° F (93.3° C) before placed. Resurfacing of the rotors is not recommended, going back out. as it removes mass from the rotor, reducing its thermal capacity. Resurfacing also thins the rotor cheek, mak5. There should be a thin, ashy layer when inspecting the ing it less robust and increasing the likelihood of pads installed in the caliper. If the ash layer is more pulsation in further track use. than ½ the thickness of the brake pad material, this is SRT Performance Pages an indication of too aggressive of a burnish. 6. Sometimes, a second burnish session is required. If the brake pads start smelling in the next track session, reduce speed and braking deceleration to burnish targets and follow steps 2 through 4. Performance Pages is an application that provides a display for performance indicators, as received from the Instrument Cluster, that will help you gain familiarity with the capabilities of your SRT vehicle in real-time.