"  The larger the diameter of the wheel/tire the less leverage the brakes
have on the wheel."

That's a perfect description of flywheel effect Scott.   :)

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> It's not usually the flywheel affect, or increased mass of the tire/wheel
> that's considered to reduce breaking effectiveness when going to bigger
> wheels and tires - it's the overall diameter.
>  The larger the diameter of the wheel/tire the less leverage the brakes
> have on the wheel.
> I ended up putting 205/65 R 15's on an SVX Syncro westy due to wanting to
> still be able to put an identical spare tire in the stock spare tire
> location.   Worked out great that way, and yeah, they do need more braking
> power in general, for sure.  There might be a small gain to be had with
> different pads.  I should try that - semi-metallics perhaps.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jake de Villiers
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:48 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Question on Size
>
> No. The Mercedes alloys are very light and the diameter of the tires is
> the
> same as stock, so the flywheel effect is fairly stock-like.  I do plan to
> install bigger front brakes, but the Subie transplant is first in line.
> :)
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Did you upgrade your brakes as well?  Do you find that the bigger wheels
> > degrade braking any at all?  I find the braking performance in my
> > Vanagon to be adequate, but barely.
> >
> > Allan
> > --
> > 1991 Vanagon GL
> >
> > "Jake de Villiers" <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> said:
> > > Harold, I put 205/65HR15 tires on my 15" wheels.
> > >
> > > They are working very well but in hindsight I would have gone with
> > > something a bit taller and trade some 'acceleration'  (ha) for a more
> > relaxed
> > > highway cruise.
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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> Jake
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> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
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