What the Tires are Doing When you’re Driving

The largest tire shows where the maximum tire contact, and load, is.

Do only 1 thing at a time :
brake, corner, or accelerate

Examples:

– when coming into a turn, complete all braking before initiating the turn. Then it’s off the brakes and start to turn the wheel

– yes you accelerate out of a turn, but only after the majority of the turn is complete, and the steering wheel is unwound to almost straight

From when I attended the Audi sportscar experience.

Blog tag = 2017 Audi R8

 

 

How a Car Stops

Above is inside your brakes. Technically, fluid is what stops you when you depress the pedal.

1 – the calliper, which contains the pistons
2 – the brake pad within the calliper
3 – which clench the rotor

How it works: the brake fluid pushes the pistons within the calliper > which in turn pushes the pads onto the rotor like a vise > and slows down the vehicle. The harder you push on the pedal, the harder the pads push on the rotor.

It’s a good idea to check the condition of both the rotors and pads, as well as the colour and level of the fluid.

Above are the old & new rotors.

My neighbour taught me while changing his.

The pitting on both the pads and rotor is what caused the car to stutter down the road during our test drive.

 

 

The Most Important Part of a Car

These are brake pads. 

I think the 2 most important functions of a car are, stopping and steering. So whatever part makes that happen, is the most important.

(these are go-kart brake pads; a car’s would look the same, but larger)