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Originally posted by Ducking_Fumbass
Well, yeah... I guess you could just remove the braking system and put a really big bumper and brush bar on the car, too. That would save rotational mass and unsprung weight... Maybe you could even drive on the rotors to save weight on wheels and tyres. For chrissake... you need to be able to fucking stop. I am not convinced that these rotors would not develop stress cracks and blow apart. This is the very threshold of "Will it stay together? The numbers are conflicting..." I just don't think that experimenting on brakes is a wise idea, since stopping in equally, if not more, important than acceleration. If you disagree, then I'll see you around... a tree.
"These rotors have been in many races from SCCA, Late Model Dirt cars, World of Outlaws, many different styles of cars, both ovals and road courses. Brake rotors do not need to store energy, cast iron brake rotors need to be massive because they store energy, and if you cool a cast iron rotor too quickly, it cracks. Ask yourself why would you want a brake rotor to remain hot - wouldn't it make more sense to cool it quickly before applying the brakes again, and inducing more energy? The Specific Heat for titanium is .14 BTU/Lbs/°F, while cast iron is .10 and carbon fiber is .16, so you can see titanium is closer to carbon than it is to iron"
read that just one more time....
the brakes will help the car stop the same but pads will wear faster, thats quoted at the top of what was said by the owner of zmi brake systems
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