I agree that stopping a westy is a matter of physics.  I'm pretty comfortable with the concept of turning kinetic energy into thermal energy via the brakes to stop an automobile.  My brakes simply don't make that shift in energy fast enough.  However, again, i am no where near the "locking up the tires" phenomena that you seem to delight in taunting me with :-).

Certainly once you have locked 'em up, any harder braking won't help (if you look at a friction curve for a tire just before to after it skids, there is more friction with the road pre-skid... another reason for ABS).  I'm just trying to figure out the most effective way to simply have that (skid) option.

I've also toured through the rockies and the AlCan highway more times than i can recall, so i'm familiar with what braking requirements those demand.  Beautiful areas, though.

-Damon

 westydriver <westydriver@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote:the limitations on braking in a westy are pure physics...you still have
to stop a massive amount of weight with an awesome kinetic energy
storage for something that size. the bigger disk sets i have seen
mounted just help lock the brakes up and the braking distance is still
the same except you now have a worn out set of tires as well as loss
of control. however the crossvented rotors would be helpful in
preventing brake fade going up and down the hills they call the rockies
in this area.
jimt

'84 Westy

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