When M5 brakes aren't enough...
05-20-2011, 07:41 PM
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05-20-2011, 08:32 PM
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My Ride: BMW E-60 530I
u dont produce enough power to need more grip with those fat as tires, or brakes per say joking, those wheels are pretty sick!
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05-21-2011, 02:22 PM
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05-21-2011, 02:44 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550I LOADED, all options except HUD and NV
Adam, you did DAMN good, they look gorgeous!!!! Get them back on the car already, I wanna see closeups with those huge brakes 
05-22-2011, 09:37 AM
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05-22-2011, 11:48 AM
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Not feeling those wheels. Never liked dinan wheels. Good weight savings which is useless when you put on the heavy brakes.
What people so often do not understand is bigger brakes provide no extra "stopping power" and only allow "More" heavy braking before heat soaking.
Stopping power is traction limited which makes it the tires are the most important factor and mass of vehicle and surface you are on-those are the only 3 factors effecting braking. Any modern disk brake provides enough power to engage ABS or lock up wheels without abs and from there it is completely friction/traction limited.
So if you are going to track a car then bigger brakes dissipate more heat and can stand up to much more braking but offers no stopping power benefit other than being able to apply full stopping power for longer due to lack of heat soak.
If you are not trackingn a car, adding heavy big brakes is absolutely ridiculous. Get less acceleration, more unsprung weight, less mpg-all for what-the look? Then go by "light" wheels but have super heavy brakes! The whole concept of this setup is ludicrous
What people so often do not understand is bigger brakes provide no extra "stopping power" and only allow "More" heavy braking before heat soaking.
Stopping power is traction limited which makes it the tires are the most important factor and mass of vehicle and surface you are on-those are the only 3 factors effecting braking. Any modern disk brake provides enough power to engage ABS or lock up wheels without abs and from there it is completely friction/traction limited.
So if you are going to track a car then bigger brakes dissipate more heat and can stand up to much more braking but offers no stopping power benefit other than being able to apply full stopping power for longer due to lack of heat soak.
If you are not trackingn a car, adding heavy big brakes is absolutely ridiculous. Get less acceleration, more unsprung weight, less mpg-all for what-the look? Then go by "light" wheels but have super heavy brakes! The whole concept of this setup is ludicrous