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02-24-2007, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
BBKs don't make you stop "quicker" unless your previous brake system didn't haev the brake torque needed to lockup your wheels. And if it didn't, you had garbage pads.
02-24-2007, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
if you add more pots you will be able to cover more surface area on the rotor itself which in return make you stop quicker
02-24-2007, 04:23 PM
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Or, you can continue to look like a moron. Up to you. But don't take my word for it, go ask Stoptech. You are incorrect; nobody's car stops faster with upgraded brakes unless your previous brakes couldn't lockup the wheels. Period.
02-24-2007, 04:30 PM
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Kevin's point is that once you lock up the wheels, braking isn't a matter of the brakes anymore, but of your tires. Locking up the wheels takes just as much pressure whether you have 1 pot or 12 pots (assuming same pad compound). 12 pots just makes it easier for the driver to apply the pressure.
What more pad surface area gives you is better cooling and it makes it easier to apply the brakes. In that regard, they are very useful.
What more pad surface area gives you is better cooling and it makes it easier to apply the brakes. In that regard, they are very useful.
02-24-2007, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by newyorkreload
That's the upgrade Ryball went with. He says they are super awesome at stopping the car, but sadly, they don't help his rear wiper work.
f0k3r!!!The 4-pots rule. The stock pads are good, too. I did a lot of research and decided not to bother with the rears. I have some HPS' back there and they do just fine. If you are doing the 2-pots, realize it is just for looks.
Hate to say it, but I got them from Chaplins. What can I say, they were cheap.
02-24-2007, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by nKoan
Kevin's point is that once you lock up the wheels, braking isn't a matter of the brakes anymore, but of your tires. Locking up the wheels takes just as much pressure whether you have 1 pot or 12 pots (assuming same pad compound). 12 pots just makes it easier for the driver to apply the pressure.
What more pad surface area gives you is better cooling and it makes it easier to apply the brakes. In that regard, they are very useful.
What more pad surface area gives you is better cooling and it makes it easier to apply the brakes. In that regard, they are very useful.
I know that your brakes are only as good as your tires, but he is acting like adding extra pistons to your calipers is pointless and shouldn't be done, which is retarded
02-24-2007, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
Hmm... i just read the white pages... more pistons = higher clamping force = better braking.....
im still confused on what you are argueing
im still confused on what you are argueing
More clamping force = more "stopping power" is NOT TRUE. Your best total braking distance only requires enough brake torque to reach lockup of your tires. Any more brake torque than that does not help you to stop, it just makes it easier to lockup the wheels.
If I throw some garbage all-seasons on an STi, is it going to stop faster than my hoopty OBS if I have good pads and Hoosiers? Not a chance, even though my car has a total of 4 pistons and the STi has 18.
02-24-2007, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
I know that your brakes are only as good as your tires, but he is acting like adding extra pistons to your calipers is pointless and shouldn't be done, which is retarded