Big Brakes

[Larry C Leung]

Yup. But generally, most wider shorter tires tend to be of grippier
compounds than long skinny contact patch ones.

LL - NY

On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:27:10 +1200 "Dave Eaton" <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz>
writes:
>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.
>