[s-cars] Stopping - Tire patch questions

[Richard Tanimura]

Linus wrote ..

My understanding is that best acceleration (negative accel=braking) is with
the
tire just slipping...about 5% or so.  Keeping a tire on that threshhold is
the
key, and (generically speaking) the reason to install better brakes on a
street
car even for the one stop situation--better brakes in this context meaning
brakes that give you better feel and modulation of braking pressure than you
get from stock brakes, so you can hold that pressure point.  Yes, the Big
Reds
definitely improve that feel over stock.

....

Your understanding is quite the same as mine. The simple reason is that the
coefficient of rolling friction is higher than the coefficient of sliding
friction IIR high school physics correctly. Just below the threshold of that
transition is the optimal point.

I don't know if I follow you on the modulation. On my car w/o anti-locking
brakes modulation is important. But on my S2 with anti-locking brakes on the
car I don't understand the need. You can stomp on the brakes as hard as you
want and the electronics do the modulation for you i.e. keep you at or near
the threshold. Or am I missing something as usual?

Rich
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