> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:45:56 -0500
> From: Andrew J. Huang <andyh@pluto.cs.brandeis.edu>
> To: esprit!netcomsv.netcom.com!pwcs.stpaul.gov!phile@netcom.com
> Cc: british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu, autox-request@hoosier.cs.utah.edu,
> lotus-cars%esprit.uucp@netcom.com
> Subject: Brake backing or dust plates?
>
> _I_ think, and I want to be corrected, that you might have problems in
> the rain. My Alfa's brakes are terrible in heavy rain at high speeds
> and I believe it is due to wet rotors. Without the backing plates,
> you might have it even worse.
I've never noticed this with my Cobra brakes. Supposedly one of the
benefits of disk brakes is that water is throw off by centrifugal
force rather than being trapped as is often the case with drum brakes.
Roland
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