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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,589
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surface area doesn't really matter. Frictional forces don't take surface area into account, just the force and the coefficient of friction. larger pad area only helps under extreme conditions because it allows the pad to absorb more heat and so is more difficult to overheat.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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