swept area

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

We're serious--swept area really only affects pad life and heat 
dissipation (which is, as someone said, a factor in brake 
performance, but not a first-order one, and has more to do with 
repeated braking than one-time stopping performance).

At 3:14 PM -0400 4/8/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:28:49 -0700
>From: "Ev Micou" <mdg36@domain.elided>
>Subject: RE: More on brakes and rotors
>
>you can't be serious--swept area has everything to do with braking force.
>theoretically, any brake can cause wheel lockup depending on the size of the
>tire patch....
>respectfully, ev

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