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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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| davep |
May 6 2004, 01:05 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,151 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
Good heavens, don't tell the factory that aluminum is bad! They have used it for almost all the race cars and most of the modern production. I believe all the 4 pot on up are aluminum. The first 930 used the aluminum "S" that was first used in 1969. The 908 and 917 also used aluminum. Go figure.
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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 Mueller QUOTE
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 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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