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 07-Jun-2004, 02:47 | #1 |
| Registered Forum User 500SD Posts: 661 Join Date: May 2003 Location: South Oxfordshire Mood: Corners like a Lego man A technical question for you about wavy discs: Brakes basically work by converting the kinetic speed of your vehicle into heat, the more efficiently they do this the better the braking performance. So in the same way that a larger contact patch of tyre on the road gives better grip wouldn't a larger contact patch of brake pad on the disc give better braking performance? Taken to its extreme, the disc should be solid with no holes, shapes etc. just like they were 25 years ago !! I realise that there was a trade off (I think started by BMW) to put holes in the discs to dissipate water and thus improve wet weather braking - but it seems logical (to me) that cutting down on the contact area would decrease braking efficiency. So do wavy discs really work better or is it just for show ?  | |
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