Big Brakes

[Just Taylor]

At 02:27 PM 08/30/2001, Larry C Leung wrote:

>Technically, no IF the brakes as supplied (little brakes?) don't heat up
>so much as to cause fade. Other factors, the ability to modulate and hold
>at the threshold, which better brakes do, uh, better. Bigger brakes fight
>fade by having more mass to hold the heat in the rotor rather than pass
>it to the fluid or pads.

I was going to respond with pretty much the same but then I got around to 
thinking about the brakes on F1's and other race cars... with those isn't 
the hotter the better?  I read that some brakes with these cars don't even 
start to work well until the reach temps that would pretty much melt the 
brakes on my cars :)


--
Taylor
'89 Audi 200
'01 Audi A6 2.7T