Big Brakes

[Larry C Leung]

Yeah, BUT, you still need to make the tires grip the road. As long as the
brake is capable of locking a wheel, the average strength of the brake is
essentially the same. It is it's modulability (which means you can hold
things closer to threshold braking for more of the time) and fade
resistance that makes the bigger brakes more effective. To REALLY make
your braking more effective, switch to DOT "R" type tires. If you've
never faded your brakes before, these might just get your car there....

LL - NY

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:59:53 -0500 "Steve Marinello"
<smarinello at telocity.com> writes:
>Wait a minute.  If I've got larger diameter rotors clamped by equal 
>or
>greater strength calipers with the pads at the outer circumference of 
>said
>rotor, will I not have a stronger/larger anchor by virtue of the
>"lever-arm"/radius being longer?  Everything else being equal, of 
>course.
>
>SM
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
>To: <sandhu at kilo.dyndns.org>
>Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; <s-car-list at yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:27 PM
>Subject: Re: Big Brakes
>
>
>> 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.
>>
>> LL  - NY
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:06:09 -0500 Achint Sandhu 
><sandhu at kilo.dyndns.org>
>> writes:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> > I have an question regarding big brakes and the effects on
>> >stopping
>> >distances. The question goes as follows.
>> >
>> > On a single stop from lets say a 100, doing threshold braking
>> >will bigger brakes shorten your stopping distances ? If yes, why ?
>> >
>> > No ABS. Assuming expert driver.
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >Achint
>> >
>>
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