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Avenger	Mar-21-04 11:45 AM
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#23111, "RE: upgrading brakes is pointless."
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Mar-21-04 11:48 AM by Avenger

Originally posted by chrysler kid
tell me how it makes you stop faster. it doesnt matter; there is a point where your tires wont grip if you slow down to quickly. i dont care if you have a $3000 barking system or the stock one stoping faster is more about weight distribution and tires on a car than it is about pads and rotors and calipers. your wheels will lock up at the same speed, you will skidd the same distance. if your driving an abs car even then the brakes can only act so fast that the wheels dont slip on the asphalt so your still not gonna slow down any faster. rotors, sure if your gonna be roadracing and all that and brake alot cooling is important (wow i have never made a cockier post in my life)

Wow, what a half truth about braking systems. You're correct in that a dead stop test, ie 60-0 or 70-0, is really testing the tire's grip on the pavement (there will be some improvment in stopping distance but marginal). See now the thing you fail to mention is that an increase in braking power, even though it doesn't change the stopping distance a drastic amount, has many positive qualities that *should* be why people upgrade to them. Braking systems will show their greatest advantages when braking from higher speeds, or when tasked with repeated heavy braking. The increased braking torque provides for maximum deceleration at speed, and the ability to absorb and quickly dissipate the intense heat generated during repeated braking insures that the braking system will perform at the same high level each time.

Now everyone has gone into the brake fade, heat blah blah but it boils down to this. Brakes do 1 thing ... convert kenetic energy to thermal energy. The faster you convert the enegery the faster you will SLOW down. Yeah I know you will have left over heat and that will affect it to but I'm taking that into account in this situation.

God, I can't believe I sort of agreed with CK

. Though you make it seem like a upgraded braking system is worthless which you are SO FREAKING WRONG about.

PS. To everyone that thinks I am mistaken in my conclusion please contact Brembo Tech Support and ask them why they do not publish stopping distance numbers for their brake kits.

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