Big Brakes

[Dave Eaton]

all other things being equal, a "plus size" will not help braking, as the
same amount of rubber is on the road, regardless of the size of the tyre.  a
longer thinner contact patch (ie original size) will generally produce
better traction/braking than a wider and shorter one (plus size).  provided
the compounds are the same...

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

-----Original Message-----
Reply-To: "Alexander van Gerbig" <Audi_80 at msn.com>
Subject: Re: Big Brakes
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 03:28:18 -0400

    It's all about locking those tires up.  Get bigger brakes after getting
tires that grip better, probably a plus size and wider than stock for
example.  Then toss those on, slam on your stock brakes, wait no lockup and
if any it's really late into the braking.  Put some big brakes on and hey
they make a huge difference in stopping power, but still the biggest
advantage is the lack of fading which allows repetitive decelerations.  I
cannot lock up my tires with stock single pistons brakes at the moment.  I
have 225/40 Kumho 712's and the single piston 90q20v brakes, honestly it is
hard to get to threshold, never seen ABS under hardest braking possible.
The big brakes only provide better stopping power when there is more grip
provide by the tires.