I would imagine that stopping in a shorter distance only works until you
exceed the capacity of your braking system. As long as you still have
enough left to lock the tires (not that you want to), you should be able to
stop quicker with more rubber on the ground, as this increases the
coefficient of static friction with the road. On the other hand if your
tires are so big that your brakes can no longer slow the tire down enough
to come near the point where static friction becomes dynamic (skid), then
it takes longer to stop, as this mimics only pressing the braks a little
bit.
David Henry '94 CC 4x4 318 5Spd in MI
> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 11:16:32 -0500
> From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@texas.net>
> Subject: Re: DML: 99 Sport- lift kit and tires- Fabtech
>
> I'll dig up the article that Petersons 4WD Magazine did on larger tires
and
> braking. I used to think the same...but it does stop in a shorter
distance.
>
>
>
> At 05:59 AM 04/07/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> >That is true to an extent, but a larger tire is
> >usually a heavier tire, thus physically taking more
> >force to slow it.
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