At 01:37 AM 5/4/01 -0600, Michael D. Porter wrote:
>I work with an engineer who used to
>race Zink F-Vees in Colorado a decade or so ago, and he and his partner
>tried a few SS-braided hoses at the flex points, thought, "hey, this
>works," so they replaced every hard line with braided hose. Guess what?
>First time out, the pedal hit the floor and there were no brakes,
>period. There is some give in the braided lines, just as with other flex
>lines. Try to do the whole car in them and one will be chasing low pedal
>problems forever.
I know someone who did this on a Ralt - with the same result.
R. John Lye
rjl@gt-classics.com
http://www.gt-classics.com/
|