This discussion will probably go down the same path as the steering damper threads. A lot of argument about benefits but ultimately a personal decision.
The point about stopping distance I make and Powerbrake claim is one of before and after upgrade. That's on a heavily loaded vehicle or towing when the factory brakes are working hard. For all the reasons stated a BBK should hold up better in those conditions by being less affected by heat due to improved dissipation. That translates to better comparable stopping distances by virtue of having less or no fade at the bottom of a long downhill (versus factory brakes). I'm talking of course about the useful ability to still have enough brakes left to be able stop at the bottom of the hill. Not the 60 to 0 style minimum stopping distance figures that auto review websites like to quote.
My input is about the lack of objective data from the manufacturers but I'm from an engineering background so that's a given. It's not hard to stick a deceleration meter on the windscreen and get some numbers and run some temperature tests as well. Alcon and Powerbrake must have done those tests as part of their own validation. But none of that matters. If you like what you're hearing here and elsewhere then go for it
The point about stopping distance I make and Powerbrake claim is one of before and after upgrade. That's on a heavily loaded vehicle or towing when the factory brakes are working hard. For all the reasons stated a BBK should hold up better in those conditions by being less affected by heat due to improved dissipation. That translates to better comparable stopping distances by virtue of having less or no fade at the bottom of a long downhill (versus factory brakes). I'm talking of course about the useful ability to still have enough brakes left to be able stop at the bottom of the hill. Not the 60 to 0 style minimum stopping distance figures that auto review websites like to quote.
My input is about the lack of objective data from the manufacturers but I'm from an engineering background so that's a given. It's not hard to stick a deceleration meter on the windscreen and get some numbers and run some temperature tests as well. Alcon and Powerbrake must have done those tests as part of their own validation. But none of that matters. If you like what you're hearing here and elsewhere then go for it
