Brakes smoking?

[sambrody44]

I just pushed my car probably as hard as I've ever pushed it. About half way home, I started smelling brakes. I figured, okay, the brake pads are relatively new, probably still just burning off a little of the new. Well it got worse and worse, then i started to notice fade, lots of it. I had to almost put the pedal to the floor at the last turn. I stop when i get onto my road and check all four corners. I get the the right front and see it is billowing smoke. Not sure how normal that is? But by the time I got home, which is 3 miles uphill with no brakes from where I stopped, all the brake fade was gone and no smoke.

I'm not looking to get flamed for driving fast by the way, everyone does it occasionally, and I for the most part only do it on roads where I know I'm the only person at risk.

[FireWire]

your pads probably caught fire for a bit or was extremely heat soaked. sounds normal

[sambrody44]

Thats what I figured. Can anyone second?

[1/4 scale]

Thats what I figured. Can anyone second?

It could be a seized caliper piston.

[audikid66]

lol i was racing this g35 coupe and we went to about 115 and then the light was coming up and was red and i slammed the brakes( not hard enuff for abs to kick in but i laid into them nice) i have drilled / slotted front rottors too and my breaks were smoking for a good 3-5 minutes haha...its normal wen u break real hard dont sweat it

[quattrotman]

Haha...man, me thinks you've cooked your first set of pads. If they were newer and not yet broken in properly then you can definitely kiss em goodbye. They will smoke if you really work em but if you feel like you have to stand on the pedal it means they're glazed and are not working properly anymore. They might start squealing now in the next few days too.

[sambrody44]

By the time I got home, I no longer had to stomp on the pedal to get the car to stop. All the fade was gone.