Drenching a red hot brake rotor - what'll happen? 

It’s reassuring that even the crappiest rotors hold together in far more brutal situations than I’m likely to ever create.

"the brakes have started to fade" Yeah, fade away from reality

Customer: "I don't care how badly my brake discs are warped. Just replace the pads and don't try to scam me again."

Russian Haynes manual: To check rotor runout, jack the rear of the car up, remove wheels, run engine in 1st gear and hold a 13 mil spanner up to the rotor. If it scrapes, the rotor is warped and you can ignore it.

"What would happen in the worst case scenario?" Garage 54: We show, you learn!

Finally a video with the Supra. I was starting to think it was a cardboard fake lol

The rest of the Supra world “I’ma keep my baby in the garage today, there’s a slight chance of rain” Some Russians “let’s see how close to burning my Supra down I can get, without actually burning down” That’s why I like this channel, not afraid to do stuff and answers a ton of automotive questions no one asked lol

"Everything is on fire as usual" - Garage 54 🤣

"Everything is on fire, as usual..." hilarious reaction and exact the reason why I love this channel. 😀

What's more amazing to me is that the brake fluid withstood all of this, better than anything else.

"I believe the best parts for your car are the ones installed at the factory" Pretty much nothing on the Supra behind him is OEM 😂

I have a theory: maybe the reason the used rotor held up better was because it was heated and cooled so many times prior to this experiment It essentially tempered itself while the brand new rotor was just soft iron

We need a video just talking about the Supra build.

Love it 21:05 "Oh a rotor on fire nothing new today"

Any chance of a video walk around of the Supra?

"I hate brake rotors!" -Ivan, probably

My best friend introduced me to your channel and I truly love what you guys do!!! Nothing but love and respect for you all and your family's guy's!!!

Proves how tough discbrakes actually are! Reassuring actually!

Welcome to a new episode of "Just Rolled In".... Customer states "I changed my brakes myself, and my brakes aren't working properly"! Yep, I think you passed the eutectic point at some point in the experiment!

These guys make some of the coolest content for cars. They answer questions that I never knew I had, but also questions I do have and can't answer like what is looks like in your engine when it is freezing and you don't let your car warm up.

Now take that damaged brake rotor and spin it up to about 5000 RPM and see what happens.

I have always wondered what would happen. Now I do. Thank you guys. Love your channel as always!!!

That supra looks sick af

Great video as Interesting to see results, back in the late 80s I never replaced discs on front Mk 1 Escort just the pads and drove the car like I stole it, remember one night I had brake fade from heavy driving and braking, pulled over to find glowing red hot discs and heard this clunk, literally half the disc fell out onto the road, opps, then very slow drive home, I still only change pads but always check my disks for wear and warping and drive a lot slower now 😃😀

The smell of brakes burning is disgusting... I have no clue how they can tolerate that. Thanks for the entertainment though, and thanks to BMI Russian for the translation as always!

Great to see the boss is back!! Glad you're okay mate!!

It's nice to see young dudes enjoying their selves with engineering, excellent, keep it up lads 😃

I was expecting the rotor to grenade like when Hydraulic Press Channed did it with a Fiesta.

I like how BMI Russian changes his voice for this dude

I'm curious to see how a solid non-vented rotor does.

Kermit the frog does translation.

The water never touches the rotor when it’s super hot. Leidenfrost effect ftw

First time we get to see the " Supra" in action and it starts with some good Garage54 experiments :)

"Driving in a spirited manner." Love it. Good to know everyone is in good health. Getting those rotors that hot is totally destroying any temper that thing had.

These boys are famous. Greetings to our hero Vlad and the garage. God bless your health.

Today on Linus Tech Tips: WATER COOLED BRAKES

That Mk4 be looking slick tho

To be honest, the older disc would have been more properly broken in with its use before the tests. Meaning the molecular formation would have been better. The new one more or less went straight to hot tests and abuse so it would have been weaker. This is what I have heard and seen from tests of alloys like what rotors tend to be made of. So given that aspect, if they could have gotten new but properly broken in rotors instead of fresh off the shelf then it would have been a better test of aftermarket parts and OEM parts. So I consider this test more of a fresh vs properly broken in parts.

Glad you're feeling better. Enjoy your videos and crazy ideas to much to have you go and die on us.😊

This was surprisingly beautiful to watch. And educational. Win-win.

That’s the rotor they show you at the brake shop waiting room to sell you new rotors 😏🤷‍♂️

"Everything is on fire, as usual". Sounds like a typical day.

Glad you're feeling better! Always an interesting video

The narrator, doing a voice, for different host is hilarious and I love it

The new guy is doing a good job Id like to see this with motorcycle brakes. I have free-floating brake rotors on my Kawasaki, maybe that would help with the warping

Just want to throw this out there because I like you guys and people are sue happy - maybe don't say your face masks prevent all types of viruses, don't put that liability on yourself or your brand! I love you guys, be well

I have watched many brake torture tests, but i am confident to say that these Russian at Garage 54 guys are totally crazy. The level they bring matters to is worth the admiration for courage and persistence. Good job boys, keep it up. Love from Macedonia

Priceless Supra. Turbo V8. Flooring it while on jacks with rear brakes applied. 107% success rate 🥳

You should have showed the brake fluid colour before and after the experiment.

Stop thank us : D the content you guys give is mint

Toyota makes the best parts hands down no comparison, very impressive test I was really surprised the chinesium held up that long and I'm extremely surprised it didn't fly apart

That effect of the water not touching the brake rotor is called the leidenfrost effect, where the surface of what the fluid is touching is much greater than the fluids boiling temperature, the fluid closest to the hot surface will rapidly boil causing an air gap between the surface and the fluid. Therefore the fluid won't have contact with the surface :)

You should build a dedicated brake destroying rig, and then run it till it literally falls apart. No shell to damage in that case.

My intrusive thoughts: *Touch it*

You guys need to do this experiment in such a way it actually helps other racers by using some high carbon steel racing rotors compared to regular street, and maybe even middle of the pack rotors. Also, be a bit more easy on the heat as that is never going to happen on the street. Heat them up to molton hot, but not the entire thickness of the rotor, just the surface as would happen on the street, and then splash them several times, but not douce them in water, make it more realistic. I used to come home at night with my EBC Yellow pad setup, and the EBC slotted rotors were lava hot, and glowing. These brakes would stop just as well hot as they did cold, probably better, with no fade. This set lasted me a year of heavy duty street racing, but I was shocked they lasted that long with the amount of hard braking I did. For about $400 a set, (smaller car, larger cars will be up to several hundred more) It's totally worth the cost even if you don't race, especially if you don't race. The braking force will stop your car in a shorter distance, and there is virtually no fade for those who travel mountainous roads frequently. 👍✌

This is awesome ! Finally some real experimenting!! I bet that brake fluid is literally boiling hot lol

I was thinking you might want to look at the suspension parts, the brake flexi hose, the diff and hub ends of the driveshaft as extreme heat would have travelled up any contact points, certainly I would imagine at least the hub side of the driveshaft oil seals and UJ bearings likely damaged. The caliper too I imagine is toast as you can see the valleying in the disc where the caliper is allowed to move excessively creating uneven wear.

You know the shop's gonna just REAK for months!!!!

Happy to see you back, Vlad!

Yes, definitely Chinesium brake discs. And very pleased to see Vlad is better too!

Try to quickly cool down a running hot engine by injecting cold water into cooling system.

A sentence you don't hear every day....."everything's on fire as usual" 😁

Greetings from Texas! Love the videos y'all keep it up. Beautiful supra btw

Thank God this mad scientist is ok, love your channel guys, get well soon

World of Warships got MORE, and I mean WAY MORE than their money's worth for that sponsorship. That is the sickest looking advert I've ever seen lol

And your brake fluid is fried also. It's as useful as water.

Glad to hear you're well!

Yep. I can attest to this. A sprint on the highway topping out at 300kmph with a 500hp RS4 B5, then taking the exit to a washing street, trying to power wash all the dirt off my car, steam coming from the brakes and after that one of the brakes was warped instantly.

Those brakes were well over 800 °C based on the glow colour

next episode: What would it take to grenade brake rotors!

The older bull is now letting the younger bull do some of the bucking, and that's how it should be, we miss ya Vlad, but hope you're enjoying your off-time, great video guys, thanks for sharing.

Glad you are doing well bud. Love your show.

what if you make the engine hot and than throw cold water at the engine and what if you rev a cold car (like very very cold) to redline

Surprised the caliper survived the test 😅😅😅😅 PS This is why not to spell when tired after work lmao Thanks @Josh Hernandez

Nice to see you again big guy...stay safe always..

You've experienced the leidenfrost effect, basically a tiny layer of steam creates an insulation between the water and the hot rotor, which is why the water doesn't boil on contact and the hot rotor doesn't actually cool down that quickly. With a pressure washer this effect may be overcome but the bucket did not manage to do so it seems. This leidenfrost effect also only works when the surface is extremely hot compared to the water.

I would like to see a "brake rotor vs pressure washer", where you use the pressure washer _while_ you're braking to see if it raises in temperature or not lol

Do same with ceramic ones and use deep frozen stuff:)

"everything is on fire as usual" - Garage 54 Amazing 🤣

respect to this chan for never click baiting.

".....like a Russian steam bath....." Finnish dude goes to his sauna, pours some water on warm rocks, relaxes. (edit:) Cyril: "let me show you how it's done."

I would bring that car to the dealership, telling them there is a slight noise under braking

awesome video fellas. Always wanted to see this one done. Now I wonder how bad the wheel bearing is after getting that hot...

This chanel is unique, brilliant work guys 👍🏻

"Everything is on fire as usual. "

13:45 yeah that's what i figured, rapid cooling with water from the pressure washer has caused the disc to cool unevenly, resulting in those big stress fractures all the way through the disc from its outer to inner edge, if you kept trying to use this it would explode into fragments and tear into the car, its also caused one of the two vented discs to warp pretty badly

Glad to see bossman is back. Take care bossman

Seeing the cooling veins working is so cool

IS THAT *_IS THAT A SUPRA_*

moral of the story: don't buy cheap stuff ...

Where's the gangster older man that normally runs the show? He's my favorite

i knew the outcome of this form experience in my life but never red hot like that nothing happens they warp sometimes ive thrown the cheap break pads on my 4x4s all the time and just check them regularly to know when to replace one getting more worn on one side then the other it becomes a chore after awhile i love this channel though great stuff

I'm quite curious what would happen with a cross drilled rotor. Would the extra stress points cause the rotor to break apart?

S U P R A

These guys are insane. Love them

In Australia with our Falcons and Commodores, OEM brake rotors are the ones to steer clear of. When new, these cars brakes didn't take long to warp under normal use- making the pedal pulsate. Anything aftermarket ( short of buying Chinese) is an improvement.

Notification squad!👍🏻

Lol even Russia doesn't like cheap Chinesium metals.

Very informative video! Good test!

13:25 - "the brakes are starting to fade" 😂😂😂😂