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Moment of Inertia Weight - Fact or Urban Legend?
I'm posting this in the general forum because it's not directly related to brakes. mostly. Also, yes, I've searched and read all kinds of threads, and official BMW content.
So I'm trying to decide on how much marriage capital I want to burn by bringing $8k of brakes to the finance committee. I would summarize all the CCB threads as: 1.) Not much weight loss (12.5kg/28lbs total or 7lbs a corner) 2.) Not much stopping improvement if any 3.) Are supported on warranty So on the surface, doesn't seem to be much benefit except they're gold and they're big and they sound cool Then I read this: Quote:
So here's my question to you experts ... does the moment of inertia equation really hold so that a small amount of weight at the wheel "feels" like a much larger weight? Also I would think if this is 'true', that handling/dynamics would be greatly (ok somewhat) improved since the wheel has less weight to overcome. Thoughts? Last edited by GrussGott; 05-15-2014 at 01:49 AM.. Reason: typo |
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There are quite a few discussions on this exact topic in the "Brake and Chassis" sub-forum, you should have a look there (you even linked one thread and all the info you seek is in there).
The impact of inertia is real and it is not a myth. However there are multiple factors to consider (gearing, rolling radius, shape of the object, etc...) to assess that impact and you cannot take a blanket number like your 1kg to 5kg correlation. As I posted here, doing rough calculation for the F8X, the equivalent mass ratio of the brake disc is about 1.20. This means that every lb of disc weight is equivalent to 1.2lb of non-rotating mass on the car. A reduction of 27.5lb on the discs equates to 33lb equivalent mass. Add back the 13lb from the heavier callipers (27.5-14.5) and you end up with a 20lb equivalent mass reduction on the total car (~0.5%). Not significant IMO. Also don't confuse unsprung mass and rotational mass. Rotational mass increases the equivalent weight of the vehicle and impacts the power needed the accelerate or brake the car. Reducing unsprung mass allows the suspension to better react to changes in the shape of the road and helps keep the tire in contact with the tarmac. IMO, the latter is biggest benefit of the CCB from a performance point of view. For reference, the CCB provide about 6.9lb rotational mass reduction and 3.6lb of unsprung mass reduction per corner. If this is worth $8500, that is entirely up to you . Last edited by CanAutM3; 05-15-2014 at 09:05 PM.. |
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The best way for you to answer this for yourself is to drive a current BMW ///M with CCB's on the street and on the track and decide for yourself. An instructor friend of mine recently did an event where he got to drive an F13 M6 on the racetrack with CCB's. He said after that experience there was no way he could own another ///M car without them. BUT, if you never intend on tracking your M car, there are other benefits for everyday use on the streets. Good: - No Brake Dust (My favorite) - Look way cooler - Pads only need to be changed about 50,000 miles and rotors will need to be changed about 100,000 miles (if only using the CCB's on the street if used on the track they will wear out faster, but only if you are tracking like 2 a month or more. If you only go to the track 2 times a year and the rest of the year are just street driving your M Car, you will be fine.) Bad: - Brake squeel sometimes. They are racing brakes after all. - Cost of replacing pads and rotors. On the M5/M6 the cost to replace just a single rotor and nothing else will run you about $3000-$4,000 dollars. I'd imagine a full brake job easily between $10,000-$12,000. For the M3/M4, I'd imagine a little cheaper. - More easily prone to damage from small rock chips some have said. If I was buying another M5 or M6, or a new M3/M4 I'd definitely get the CCB's. It wouldn't be an ///M car without them in my opinion.
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One very common mistake made during these "rotational mass" discussion is the omission of the fact that the distribution of weight and it's distance from the center is absolute key. So for example.
1kg drop in tire > 1kg drop in wheel weight > 1kg drop in rotors. Dropping a kb in the rotors does not have the same factor of 5 effect. Dropping a kg from the tires does. I don't think you'll feel forward and backward acceleration improvement with the rotor's mass reduction.
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7 lb per corner is a lot. The biggest improvement is over bumps in a turn, where the springs/shocks will recover faster and regain grip faster with a lighter unsprung mass attached.
That said, $8K is an awful lot. (And CCB tend to fry themselves on track.)
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So I think the Bremboo BBK kit (not CCB) will be cheaper than the CCB and will be lighter than the stock breaks (as usual they do). And they will operate better on the race track, because the CCB is not a track set up, thay are desined to the public road mostly. So it will be better choice for me.
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CCB's are a waste for the street from a performance perspective. If you're driving on public roads at the level where you're getting the irons to fade you really should take that behavior to the track. The only way I could justify them for the street are aesthetics, low or no dust and bling calipers.
Given that BMW will replace the iron rotors under the service plan and the iron's don't last as long, it appears that those who are buying CCB's are letting BMW off the hook and lining their pockets at the same time.
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Another consideration is the car's overall POLAR moment of inertia. A low polar moment of inertia is why mid-engined cars handle so well. Their mass is concentrated near the car's center of gravity, so rotating the car's mass as you enter a turn requires less force. Imagine twisting a dumbbell back and forth in your hand versus a ball of equivalent weight. Interestingly, a dumbbell has a 50-50 weight distribution, it just has a high polar moment of inertia.
To my point: The affect of the force of any mass will increase with the square of the distance from the car's center of gravity. So the affect of weight savings as you move toward the ends of the car are much more significant than near the car's mid-point. Therefore, the weight savings from CCBs will decrease the force required of the tires turning the car. |
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It's ~3.6lb of unsprung mass per corner, not 7lb...
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Mods should move this thread into one of the existing CCB threads IMO.
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IMO, it's like everything else BMW designed for the weight savings and handling capabilities of this car: incremental savings eventually make big differences.
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I was sad to see the great CCB threads get moved into the cellar. I liked those threads. I saved $8,500 just from reading them.
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Not sure of the magnitude of what you'll feel at 3.6 lbs per corner but may be modestly noticeable. I recently did two rounds of weight reduction: lightweight wheels at ~5-6 lbs per corner, which you could definitely feel (directly impacts both unsprung weight and rotating mass), followed by the Essex/AP racing BBK, which reduced weight at 10 lbs/wheel front/ 8 lbs/wheel rear and this did change the handling feel, but not as much it seemed relative to the wheels (about 60% of weight savings was in the caliper vs the rotors). The total of ~60 lbs in unsprung weight savings taken together has been very noticeable and improves ride quality, feeling of agility, reduces understeer, improves grip, steering response and immediacy of throttle inputs. Would say the impact to how the vehicle feels is more than the impact of a 200 lb person in the passenger seat..so in that sense I believe the 4x-5x lb savings impact. I just completed the mods and will be at the track in a few weeks to see how they perform.
While the BBK I chose is not CC, I looked into various CC options and they are quite pricey (even the MOV-IT kit was close to $20k and that is one of the cheaper ones). If I were in your position I would do it. Coupled with some aftermarket wheels later on down the road, could be quite noticeable when taken all together. Every little bit counts! Edit: realized the OP said it was ~ 7 lbs/per corner of unsprung mass reduction. I think that makes the CCB option even more compelling and yes, based on my experience, think it would be fairly noticeable. Last edited by FogCityM3; 05-16-2014 at 01:10 AM.. |
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It is ~3.6lb of unsprung mass reduction per corner, not 7lb Reducing the weight of the wheels will be much more noticeable since the weight it farther out from the rotation center. I can definitely feel when I put my lighter track wheels on too . Last edited by CanAutM3; 05-16-2014 at 11:03 PM.. |
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BMW's website says CCB system saves nearly 30 lbs vs the regular braking system. How is the savings not ~7+ lbs per corner, or am I missing something?
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