Re: A6 styling re A4/A8

[Glen Powell <gpowell@acacianet.com>]

Exactly. The mass of the rotor is also very close to the axis of rotation.
The rotational mass of the wheel and of the tire would be a much larger factor
Vs that of the rotor, but, still, the relative mass of the vehicles and the
swept area totally swamps the effect of the lighter rotor's mass.


At 05:16 PM 2/9/96 -0800, Richard Funnell wrote:
>Eric,
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>>>I bet it's due to swept area and vehicle mass.....
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>>Physics, Man Physics.  Rotational mass........  Less is better.....
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>There seems to be no question that al rotors would help; it just seems
>surprising they would help that much.  Have you seen a measureable
>improvement going from solid to drilled rotors that could be attributed to
>weight reduction?
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>>Later!
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>>Eric Fletcher
>>'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
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>>STEADIRIC@aol.com
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>Richard Funnell,
>San Jose, California
>'83 urQ
>'87 560 SL
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-glen