rallybrick Wrote:
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> Kevvie/JVL:
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> Why do you guys always insist on larger brakes?
> Just curious, since I can't get my 240 to stick on
> gravel when I brake (I have dual Girling masters
> and brake bias, so there's like less than 1"
> travel on my pedal), even with brand new soft
> compound tires on all corners. We always lock up
> and then I end up pumping. I can't imagine
> needing any more brake, unless I was on tarmac
> going downhill in the summer all day long.
Yeah, and I could lock up the drum brakes in my mail jeep at freeway speeds driving in Oakland traffic. I really don't think that the ability to lock the wheels is any indication of braking ability.
Stock Volvo calipers and rotors are pretty darn good for a street car.
However, making certain things bigger has different effects:
-bigger rotors=more heat storage capacity and more heat dissipation area
-bigger calipers-->generally means larger pad area=longer lasting pads
also-->generally means larger piston area=better pedal modulation
I'm a big fan of modulation, probably bordering on "mushy pedal". But that's me.
Monika Hawkinson
Seattle, WA
