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Old 11-01-2012, 11:47 PM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ev99saturn View Post
With brakes in mind, I did a test with the car on jack stands. I brought the motor up to 2,000 RPM then timed the spin-down to stop. After 5 times to average the tests, I removed the rear calipers and re-ran the spin-down test.

It took about 10 seconds with the brakes removed, versus about 7-8 seconds with the brakes installed. This seems like a marginal difference, but could still be significant.
The drums are going to add weight and act like a fly wheel to a point, so if there is no drag then the drums should help it spin longer.
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