Just to interject a little question here. If both sets of brake cylinders
are able to lock up the wheels, then surely the only difference in braking
activity would be the effort required to perform the aforementioned locking
(if the caliper pistons on the 4-pot had more surface area than the
original). As far as I've always heard, brake fade occurs after repeated
braking, not just rolling down the highway and then suddenly coming to a
rapid stop. So unless you're planning to do racing with lots of hairpin
turns and fast and slow driving there's no need for changing the calipers.
Right?
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Massey [mailto:105671.471@compuserve.com]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:08 PM
To: Randall Young
Cc: Triumphs
Subject: RE: TR2-6 Brake performance
Message text written by "Randall Young"
>Sure it is, in terms of distance traveled. Work is force (which is nearly
constant because the coefficient of friction is nearly constant) times
distance; the change in kinetic energy is directly proportional to the work
done on the car.
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OK, OK. A little misunderstanding. I'm talking in terms of elapsed time,
you're talking in terms of distance covered. I guess we could always
express it in terms of deciBells.
One of the best leasons I learned in thermodynamic class was to work out
the units first. If you get units of seconds-squared divided by
feet-pounds-BTU's then the math will be wrong, too.
Dave
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