Really...the discs for a 7 are heavier, plus discs are designed to drag on
the rotor, friction, slowing the car down. Drums don't drag, only when you
hit the brake pedal (sometimes!). :) And I believe the word unsprung weight
are part of the magic words. It all works out just fine because, like I
said, we're never going that fast, just maintaining what speed we have.
--Pat K
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>From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
>To: Pat Kelly <lollipop487@attbi.com>
>Cc: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: The hardest autox skill?
>Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 2:25 PM
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>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Pat Kelly wrote:
>
>> Agreed! We get teased because we still have drum brakes on the 7. Well,
>> we're not going fast enough to use them all that much, usually to set the
>> car. Plus drums are lighter than discs and weight is a concern. :)
>> --Pat K
>
> Really? Are they lighter avoirdupois, or do they have less rotational
> inertia, or both? I'd have thought drums heavier all around than disks.
>
> KeS
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