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Originally Posted by lucid
Convection time constant <<< conduction time constant, and as I said above, the heat you are transferring into the environment via convection while braking is negligable unless you really are sitting on the pedal for a very long time, but who brakes that way anyway? You'd be going painfully slow.
My point is that you were converting less kinetic energy to heat as you starting going faster (you were braking LESS and scrubbing less speed). That IS the explanation for why your temps were lower as opposed to the specific of your deceleration rate and the time you spent on the brakes (yes, they are related to how much kinetic energy you are losing).
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The use of caps and grammar implies you are arguing with me somehow, I hope you realize you are agreeing with me, because you are.
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What is the basis for this theory??? I don't see any.
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Me neither. Sorry, wrong word, meant "hypothesis". A crazy one at that, agree here as well.
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I am not familiar with West Coast tracks. How many major braking zones, and what were the top speeds you were reaching before them?
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Laguna is known as one of the heaviest braking tracks, I hit about 135 (speedo) before turn 2, not sure of top speeds at other corners, but they are consistently quite high.