Brake Pad Question

I just like the r4e's cuz they last more longerer. Take a while to warm up but that's just good exercise till they do.

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Jay Woodward
Snohomish, WA
'90 Mazdog Frankenprotege
Chronologically, 46...

you said you've been hooning and ditch hooking through 2 feet of snow.
I say you have snow packed in your wheels and it takes a bit of heat to clear the snow/water off your rotors.
the water can absorb a lot of heat.

noticed the same thing in a saab i drove for a while.
drag the brakes every now and then, and see if the snow packed wheels theory heats up.

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"I put the hurt on dirt" - adam crane
http://CraneRallyCrew.com
corolla gt-s "Patches"
Op: S.S.

You pussies use the brakes?

SgtRauksauff Wrote:
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> I kind of already understood most of that,
> regarding Mu (although I dislike using a random
> greek letter that sounds like a cow to mean
> "Coefficient of Friction". "Mu" can have any
> value you choose to give it, as it's a variable in
> whatever equation you want to use. The greek
> letter Mu is used IN NOTATION to indicate
> "Coefficient of Friction" for shortening of said
> notation. In my own opinion, they (greek letters)
> should'nt be pronounced when speaking or referring
> to said notation. Like I said, this one sounds
> like a cow. Others sound like food (Pi) or fish
> (beta).. etc....



what about LAMBDA!!!? say it!! lammmmmmmmB-dA!

"I never understood serving mint green jelly with lamb-DA!"

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You pussies use the brakes?

well played, sir.

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

SgtRauksauff Wrote:
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> But to add, what does snow and ice and moisture do
> when they're brought into the equation? a little
> snow, fine, it melts, now you've got moisture
> sitting around your brakes.


Snow and ice have a huge impact on brakes, not because they're cold, but because they're slippery. Unless you're Swedish (and living in studland), you don't have enough grip to get the brakes to tarmac or gravel temperatures. That's the real reason you might want different pads.

-Dave

Snow and ice have never had much impact on brakes for me. Touch the pedal, brakes lock, engine stalls, and car goes straight into snow bank. Codriver screams "not again". I don't need special pads fot that! I just leave the Porterfields on for that trick. I don't use much pad material at winter events.

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

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> Snow and ice have never had much impact on brakes
> for me. Touch the pedal, brakes lock, engine
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> Codriver screams "not again". I don't need
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> Porterfields on for that trick. I don't use much
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> www.rensport.net

sounds like you don't do too much driving either

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Jon Burke - KI6LSW
Blog: http://psgrallywrx.blogspot.com/

Yeah, I don't (drive much), especially in the winter. It's not safe. School buses and my own van and my dog have attacked me. My dog continues to try and run me off the road. Not to even begin mentioning all the snowbanks, trees and rocks.

Once, years ago, at band camp, I was run over by a car I had just sold. Never sell a car to a high school buddy, get him (and yourself) drunk and accept a challenge to race a motorcycle against a car. I was leading until I got into a little jam.

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

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> Once, years ago, at band camp, I was run over by a
> car I had just sold. Never sell a car to a high
> school buddy, get him (and yourself) drunk and
> accept a challenge to race a motorcycle against a
> car. I was leading until I got into a little
> jam.
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Damn, I've been run over numerous times by other moto-cross bikes, been run over a good number of times by my own bike, but only drove over my own foot with my own car and it was in snow kinda smooshed it into the snow.

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Sleezattle, WA, USA

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