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Subject Did you have the ABS kick in each time?
     
Posted by Marshall on August 27, 2002 at 3:48 PM
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In Reply To Re: That data doesn't sound right to me. posted by Luke@tirerack on August 27, 2002 at 03:32 PM
     
Message When you tested the 60-0 stopping distance, did you jam on the brakes each times and have the ABS kick in?

Also, how many times did you run the test to average out the results?


The way I see it, on a brake test (that doesn't involve fading) the tires are going to be the bottleneck as long as you're able to get the car to skid, and since upgrading the brakes does nothing to address that bottleneck I'd have to surmise that the shorter stopping distances you obtained in your testing results is due to other variables.

Let's think about this logically- The most the brakes can do is grip the rotor until the tires cannot hold any longer. After that, you skid. Putting on more powerful brakes will just give you the ability to break the tires' traction more easily.

     
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