Miata Mailing List: November 1994, Message #32
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   From: kokko@esca.com (Kurt Kokko)
Subject: Re: ...downpour! Now no brakes...
   Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 16:24:51 -0500

>> past week -- lots of H2O! The sad part is, my poor '94R doesn't
>> like it one bit. After a heavy rainfall (or a good car washing in
>> my driveway), the brakes are at least 50% off from normal stop-
>> ping ability (educated guess). I have to really be aware of this
>> or it catches me off-guard. After a couple of stops, the water
>> seems to **squeeze** out and their OK. But if I press them too

>I thought that this was fixed in the '94s by the larger brake rotors?  
>I'm surprised we're still hearing about it!
>Tom

I've never owned a car that didn't experience some sort of brake effectiveness
decrease when the pads/rotors were soaked.  Rotor size has nothing to do with
it, pad material composition will.

-Kurt			kokko@esca.com			Black '94