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Re: Brake Proportioning Valve

To: "John Goodman" <ggl205@yahoo.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Brake Proportioning Valve
From: "John Beckett" <saltracer@servusa.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:00:20 -0400
How do you get a clean plug check?

JB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Goodman" <ggl205@yahoo.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: Brake Proportioning Valve


> Jim, now you are taking a simple idea to the extreme.
> No, depressing the clutch in order to shift gears does
> not destabilize the car. In that short of time, not
> much bad can happen. I am talking about disengaging
> drive after a run while you are still at speed.
> G-force, either positive or negative, has a
> stabilizing effect on handling. Remove G-force buy
> coasting out of gear and you are at the mercy of aero.
> Now, disengaging drive probably wouldn't hurt after
> chute deployment but I ask once again, what purpose
> does this serve?  
> 
> John
> 
> --- Jim Dincau <jdincau@QNET.COM> wrote:
> > If pushing in the clutch de stabilizes the car how
> > do you shift it?






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