Big Brakes

[Dave Eaton]

yes, the best brakes in the world are designed to fit into 13" rims.  mind
you, a f1 car will decelerate at 1g from speed simply by lifting off the
accelerator...

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:52:02 -0700
To: quattro at audifans.com
From: Just Taylor <audi at lart.com>
Subject: Re: Big Brakes

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 :)