Originally posted by TheContourGuy:
IThe width of the tire is irrelevant. Look at the tires when they hit the gas....the contact area becomes much smaller as the tire's diameter increases by almost 25%.
Then why do they have classes for different tire width if wider does not garner better traction? (ever talk to a pro-street racer?)
Tires only "balloon" at speed; once they are rotating, not initially.
To be "factual" they actually decrease in diameter initially as the sidewall wrinkles...
Crossdrilled rotors are
Lighter! less rotating mass is easier to stop then more. The holes marginally help vent gas at best (when the pads are over them they are Sealed! - Slotting rotors is for venting gas!)
Oh and BTW - yes less surface contact would mean less friction and less stopping power. The other benefits of the design just out weigh this fact. (gas venting alone makes for faster stopping! No gas build-up pushing back on pads!)
Remember what I said last post... :rolleyes:
