I've mentioned this before, but I hope you're all engineers who understand brake ventilation requirements and you have the Model S specs to know what will happen to the brakes on your brand new Tesla?
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I've mentioned this before, but I hope you're all engineers who understand brake ventilation requirements and you have the Model S specs to know what will happen to the brakes on your brand new Tesla?
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I am no brake engineer, though I have wrenched for a Formula 5000 team. I recognize that you are completely right about brake cooling as a potential problem. I would expect to only fit the moon disks for interstate travel. With full regen and thoughtful application, I don't think brake cooling would be a big problem unless you were pushing fast in the mountains and or lots of stop and go on a hot day in a city. But your caution is wise.
I've taken my G37 on the track - which is what you'd need to do to get the brakes that hot. I toasted my pads and rotors after three track days. But they never caught on fire...
(Could have probably fixed most of that by adding some venting, but instead I switched to running an old S2000. Much more practical for the track.)
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The videos I posted are road cars after tough braking...there's plenty more on YouTube. Wonder how your G37 brakes would have faired if they'ed been enclosed without ventilation? I'm no expert but....Originally Posted by Doug_G
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I think Plain like the old Porsche 928 rims would look best.
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Excellent. Has anyone managed to get the same info for the 21s?
All I have is this:
For the 19” options:
Front: 8 inches (8.0J x 19)
Rear: 9 inches (9.0J x 19)
For the 21” options:
Front/Rear: 8.5 inches (8.5J x 21)
Bolt pattern would be the same, not sure about offset.
Of course the bolt pattern is the same - I should have known that. I think you can calculate the difference in offset from the wheel widths.
FWIW, TireRack.com has a listing for the Tesla 2013 Models S, but no wheels match. Plenty of 19" tires match.
That's strange. I saved the 2013 Model S in my 'upgrade garage' and it still shows about 7 tires for both the 19" and 21" wheels.
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