Braking is a tad bit important on the mountian roads I drive, and the
single cylinder system on my Mk1 Midget gives me pause as I tend to drive
the loacal mountain roads pretty hard. Anyone know of a way to converts a
Mk1Midgest to a dual braking system?
Greg
At 08:33 AM 6/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The most important thing being, get the brakes, checked up, upgraded and
>repaired as the most important thing.
>
>If you can't stop at any speed, then where will you be? Redesigning the
>backends of other peoples cars, or power poles, etc.
>
>Before making a car faster, one should make it stop better first. It's
>usually the last upgrade made, if ever.
>
>People let their brakes really go before they tend to do anything about them.
>
>When being a grease monkey in college, seeing people drive in and barely
>stop their car in the garage for a complete brake overhaul...
>
>It's pretty amazing how trashed brakes can get and still work, somewhat.
>
>Q
>
>At 06:11 AM 6/26/97 -0500, Dwade Clay Reinsch wrote:
>>Let me add my little .02 worth to this thread.
>> 1. The engine modifications will enable the car to go faster.
>> 2. The owner chose to make those modifications.
>>
>> 3. Therefore, the owner can be expected to drive faster at
>>almost all times and places.
>>
>> 4. So a brake checkup, up grade, service and repair *is* an
>>important modification, which has no mechanical connection to the engine
>>modifications. The connection between more power/better brakes is
>>sitting in the driver's seat. (With that five point competition seat
>>belt pulled up tight!)
>>
>>Dwade
>>Moved to Big D yesterday afternoon and the first thing I set up was the
>>computer!
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Scott Gardner wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> > > difference being that speed, while dependent on availible power, is
>also
>>> > > a function of gearing. Example (non LBC) My works Moto-crosser was
>>> > > extremely modified for power. In fact the versions we rode put out
>almost
>>> > > twice the power of the un-modified version. BUT the top speed was
about
>>> > > 20 mph SLOWER. Because the purpose was to get there quick, not faster.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I don't know who wrote this part of the thread, but I'm curious now.
>>> How can any engine produce twice the stock power and have a lower top
>>> speed? I guess it's possible that if the powerband distribution was
>>> changed significantly, this could happen, but I'm more inclined to
>>> believe it was the result of a transmission and/or rear end gear
>>> ratio change. If so, what's the relevance?
>>> I may be reducing the argument too much, but if an engine
>>> modification results in the car travelling faster at any given
>>> position, be it cruising down the highway, or 100 feet from a
>>> stoplight, some attention needs to be paid to the brakes to make sure
>>> they're still up to snuff. If a new engine allows the car to get up
>>> to 50 mph between the stoplight and the nasty hairpin curve, whereas
>>> the old engine would only get the car to 30 in the same distance,
>>> then you're presenting the brakes with more of a challenge.
>>> Scott
>>>
>>
>>
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