Sorry ninjak84....but you were wrong!

[fryrice]

on the higher hp car brake rotor glow thing.

Horsepower has nothing to do with how much heat is generated when a car hits the brakes.

The main factors are how much the car weighs, and how fast its going. Also, the size and thickness make a small difference.....i.e. a bigger thicker rotor can apsorb more heat and maintain a lower temperature given equal braking than a thin small rotor could.

A 200hp 4000lb car is going to generate much more heat braking from 120mph than a 400hp 2000lb car would.

Or better yet, if two cars are travelling 120mph, and both weigh 3000lbs, but one has 250hp and one has 1000hp, the exact same amount of heat will be generated when the brakes are hit.

Horsepower affects acceleration, not braking.

The only exception would be if you had no clue how to drive and liked to hit the brake and the gas pedal at the same time.

Sorry, just had to share

Keep it civil!!!

[sapix @ RHIT]

uh... the stopping distance would matter too, if one car stops over a longer distance, the brakes have longer to cool than a car that stops quickly.

[fryrice]

uh... the stopping distance would matter too, if one car stops over a longer distance, the brakes have longer to cool than a car that stops quickly.

I'm assuming all variables are the same.....i.e. two cars slam on their brakes at the same time with the same force at the same speed, etc...

Obviously if one car slams on the brakes and the other doesn't then yeah that would have an effect.

[ninjak84]

fryrice: Read over my posts in the last thread. If you have an argument to make after that, hopefully you won't make your point and close the thread like a baby would.

[fryrice]

fryrice: Read over my posts in the last thread. If you have an argument to make after that, hopefully you won't make your point and close the thread like a baby would.

I read the thread and think maybe your word choice was just poor.

Sure higher horsepower cars can reach higher speeds, and that is the only reason why a higher hp car would heat up its rotors more is IF it was at a higher speed than a lower hp car could reach.

[specialkonrd]

so all you've proven was that your big ugly heavy american boat's brakes get hotter then ours?

[nismodave]

so all you've proven was that your big ugly heavy american boat's brakes get hotter then ours?

HaHaHaHa!!!!!!! :cwm27

[MaineExport]

so all you've proven was that your big ugly heavy american boat's brakes get hotter then ours?

Yes, but only because he'll be going twice your speed!