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      04-27-2014, 05:01 PM   #105
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Originally Posted by neverbeentoofast View Post
- about weight and energie. you are always only talking about wheight equivalent. AFAIK accelerating rotating mass needs 4 times more energie than non rotating mass. mayby someone can do the math again.
Not sure where you got the 4X number

Doing the math for the size and shape of a 410mm brake disc rotating at the same speed as a 275/35R19 wheel, I come up with a equivalent mass factor of approximately 1.2. Not 4.

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