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Re: Re: Stop! How much better can I?
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Originally Posted by exterra3000gtsl
i came across some test results one time on a couple of vehicles...can't remembered where...but bigger brakes work excellent when hot...you have to step on the brakes pretty hard to warm them up...not so good when cold...especially when your exiting your house and start braking...coming down from 90mph to 0mph will be really quick which is good...so i would save them for the track or for a nice full sized truck or an suv...for car..13" works excellent..
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NO!
The pad compound is what needs to warm up, it has nothing to do with the rotor size. The problem with cold braking is if you have "racing" pads, or more metalic pads, they suck when they are cold. Bigger brake rotors dicipate heat bettter and therefore have less fade with repeated braking, the heavier the car the more this is evident. If you had a heavy vehicle and small brakes you would need to more metalic "racing" pads because standard ones would fade very quickly as the rotor would not be big enough to disipate the heat to prevent brake fade.
Big rotors, and "Street" pads are a great combo.
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A few "bolt on" mods, a couple "cut, smash, hammer, weld, etc" mods, and a couple "why the hell do I need this/what the hell is this" weight reductions.
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