twisty b-road Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Or your ABS is ****ed? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Heh - I class locking up and triggering the ABS as the same thing style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 QUOTE(snoopstah)As I've said before, bigger brakes don't make you stop quicker. They give more feel to the brakes, mean you have to put less pressure on the brake pedal, and reduce fade.If you can lock the wheels with your current brakes, your limiting factor is not the brakes, it's the tyres.uhhh??? so by putting the same pressure as previously you stop quicker?greater surfrace area = better stopping power, end of storyas for locking wheels...???? surely it depends on the road surface maybe?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 QUOTE(tdwindustries)QUOTE(snoopstah)As I've said before, bigger brakes don't make you stop quicker. They give more feel to the brakes, mean you have to put less pressure on the brake pedal, and reduce fade.If you can lock the wheels with your current brakes, your limiting factor is not the brakes, it's the tyres.uhhh??? so by putting the same pressure as previously you stop quicker?greater surfrace area = better stopping power, end of storyas for locking wheels...???? surely it depends on the road surface maybe??No. Greater surface area = better stopping *potential*.You can make the brakes as big as you like, but you won't stop any quicker. Your stopping distance is determined by the quality of your tyres and the quality of the road.(Unless you're planning on deployed a parachute out the back style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 but if you had smaller brakes it would take you longer to stop with the same pressure as if you had bigger brakes style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Are we arguing the same thing? I'm confused style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />Bigger brakes need less brake pedal pressure to given equivalent stopping power to the smaller brakes. So brake pedal travel is less.This doesn't mean you can push the brake pedal to the same place you could with smaller brakes, and still not lock up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 roughly the contact patch x friction force, Even the weadiest brakes can lock up a tyre if you press hard enough so it comes down to the compund of the rubber, stickier the better, or the area of rubber on the ground, ideally wide and small diameter wheels (more of the tyre gets heated at a time so it gets even sticker) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 yes snoop same thing style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Bonus! style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />Sorry, should have been clearer in my original message! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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