Need coupe GT information.....lots..lol

[Jonathan Monetti]

yep, as i said, 'transfer of energy'  --friction becomes heat, results in me
not getting a ticket


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Huw Powell [mailto:audi at humanspeakers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:06 PM
> To: Jonathan Monetti
> Cc: Ti Kan; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Need coupe GT information.....lots..lol
>
>
>
> > I've never seen the braking distance figures for an 87.5 ('86
> -- 179 ft from
> > 70MPH), so my $.02 is seat of pants.  But logic and physics
> says that the
> > larger swept area added by rear discs will provide greater transfer of
> > energy, thus shorter stopping distances.
>
> As far simple stopping distance, I think the tires are the limitation on
>   the cars in question.
>
> The other issue, repeated brake performance, is probably improved with
> the rear discs, not because of area (I don't think it is really larger -
> friction material area certainly isn't) but because of the ability to
> dissipate heat better.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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