Yup. Though really good brakes are addictive, and not as likely to expose
the next weakest link as more beans in the engine room. Every so often I
look at those funky little rod ends that hold the steering onto our cars
and think "is this wise". But then, I never really have been.
-----Original Message-----
From: BillDentin@aol.com [mailto:BillDentin@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:43 AM
To: Bill Babcock; elkhorn@core.com; richtr@erols.com
Cc: FOT@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Suspension Thoughts
In a message dated 03/01/2003 1:27:05 PM Central Standard Time,
BillB@bnj.com writes:
Of course those nice aluminum lockheed calipers look just like Jag brakes
if you smear enough grease on 'em. Don't try Wilwood superlites
though--they don't look anything like a girling, even if you fill the
engraved wilwood name with bondo.
Amici:
And, of course, the latter is what the majority of our brothers from the
UK were running at MID-OHIO this past summer. WILWOOD and similar. They
better go fast, or it would really be embarrassing. TRIUMPHs equipped as
such are TRIUMPHs sort of like NASCARs are STOCK CARs...right? No
problem. That's the way racing has always been. And KUDOS to the HOT
RODDERS that come up with the go-faster tricks. That's what racing's all
about. It gets a little scary though when you are doing it with equipment
that is 30-40 years old, because of exposing the next weakest link. Every
time I'm going through the kink full bore at ROAD AMERICA, I think to
myself...GEE, this car is forty-six and I'm sixty-four...can we really do
this?
Bill Dentinger
Bill Dentinger
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