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| Mueller |
 May 6 2004, 12:12 PM
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With everything being equal (piston size, pad size, rotor...etc....)
Would there be a performance difference between the two setups besides the obvious weight difference? I'm thinking at normal temps, both would be equal. I'm also guessing that once one gets more aggressive with the brakes, the aluminum calipers would be better and would be less susceptible to brake fade due to the better heat dissipation of the aluminum. |
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| Mueller |
May 6 2004, 12:32 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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QUOTE The aluminum is lighter, but it flexes more. I haven't read of the heat dissipation of aluminum being better for braking than iron or steel--the two points everyone seems to focus on are the weight and the flexing. I knew somebody would mention the damn flexing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Let's say we are not using 30 year old technology/manufacturing, but modern CAD/CAM designed parts (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Hey Dave, are you in on the WB02? Sounds like we have a total of 4 if you say yes. |
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Mueller aluminum calipers vrs. iron calipers???? May 6 2004, 12:12 PM
Dave_Darling The aluminum is lighter, but it flexes more. I ha... May 6 2004, 12:26 PM banderson Does anyone use an aluminum caliper?
If so, then ... May 6 2004, 12:53 PM lapuwali I suppose the increase heat transfer of Al v. Fe c... May 6 2004, 12:54 PM davep Good heavens, don't tell the factory that alum... May 6 2004, 01:05 PM banderson Ok, OK, I take it all back May 6 2004, 01:20 PM Ira Ramin Mike,
Are you trying to choose between the aluminu... May 6 2004, 02:03 PM phantom914 Heat is transferred from the pads to the fluid thr... May 6 2004, 02:19 PM Mueller Hi Ira,
I have all your parts...I'll ship the... May 6 2004, 02:29 PM phantom914 QUOTE
Dave_Darling Mueller not too sure if i'll be in fremont or not, I m... May 6 2004, 03:50 PM MattR Here is something straight from my physics textboo... May 6 2004, 04:24 PM drew365 I ran S calipers for two years until one started s... May 6 2004, 05:32 PM Brad Roberts Bleed the brakes some time on a car with S caliper... May 6 2004, 07:56 PM TimT QUOTE
TimT Oh a very seriously cool alum caliper is the Wilwo... May 6 2004, 08:18 PM |
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