[Shotimes] '96 brake upgrade

[Paul L Fisher]

Exactly! I hate agreeing with Ron and Dave but I have to in this case.
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Quoting Dave Garber <dgarber@servicelinklp.com>:

> But, if the smaller brakes are capable of 'locking' up the tires, what
> difference does it make on a one stop 60-0, assuming the distance isn't
> enough to cause fade in the smaller brakes? Tires 'locking up' indicates
> to me that the brakes themselves are more than enough to get the car
> stopped as quickly as the tires will allow.
> 
> Now, on repeated hard stops where fade comes into play, the larger
> brakes are going to resist fading much better/longer which would result
> in shorter stopping distances on subsequent hard stops.
> 
> 
> Dave Garber
> Pittsburgh, PA
> 99 White 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don McKinnon (AST) [mailto:dmckinnon@asttechlabs.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:41 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] '96 brake upgrade
> 
> The larger rotor will result in greater braking TQ, given the same pads,
> etc.
> If the tires are up to handling the added BTQ then yes distances pretty
> much have to be shorter.
> 
> Don McKinnon
> 95 MTX - White/Mocha 92k
> 96 Black/Grey 88k 9/20
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