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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Horses for courses, of course. When in my Gen 1 Insight I brake from 125 mph to 60 mph at the end of a local straight, I don't want brake fade.
As I have said, I've never read any formal reference that doesn't mention the importance of brake cooling when developing aero wheels for road cars. They all mention it!
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ROAD and TRACK recently reported on the Porsche Taycan Turbo S,which is capable of 160-mph (257 km/h).It's a 5,246-lb car.Lifting off the potentiometer in a Cd 0.25 vehicle doesn't offer an abundance of braking drag.In an emergency braking situation,that's a lot of kinetic energy converted to thermal energy in a matter of seconds.The extra drag of the porous wheels would be most welcome.
