SiliconAngel
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Sorry Emanuel, but that just isn't true.I can see your point there (very good point) but if you have brembo's with upgraded pads and rotors then your going to stop a few meters less than the standard upgraded brakes
Think about it this way - what's the most effective way to stop? If you're skidding, you have too much braking. If you're not applying enough brake, then the car isn't slowing down fast enough (room for improvement). The most effective, efficient braking is pressure that is a hair below skidding / lockup. Hence that's where ABS tries to keep the brakes if your foot is on the floor.
So if you already have brakes that can give that much pressure, how can upgraded brakes slow you down any faster? The answer is, they can't.
At that point, the only things you can improve to reduce your stopping distance are your wheels (the wider the tire, the more contact they have with the ground and thus the better your braking performance) and your tires (better compound and design will give you better braking performance, as well as handling, road holding, etc).
The same car with the same wheels, tires etc with just bigger rotors and calipers will stop in exactly the same distance given the same conditions. In fact, there's an arguement that the larger rotors and calipers will weigh more, so THAT car would have more inertia and thus would take slightly LONGER to stop!
Until a couple of weeks ago I was under the same delusions - that Brembos or other upgraded racing calipers would improve / decrease my stopping distance. But the science just doesn't add up - as good as they may be, Brembos can't re-write the laws of physics