Back in 1993, I built a replica of an AC Shelby Cobra. It was a Classic
Roadsters kit with lots of up-grades. One thing we added was a "passive
ABS" product. These were small cylinders which had a gas filled damper in
them. They were installed directly into the front and rear brake lines and
were supposed to dampen spikes or pulses in the hydraulic lines. I
understand that this technology was developed during WW2 to provide better
braking for fighter planes landing on carrier decks.
I hope they worked better on the WW2 planes than they did on the Cobra. I
found them to be useless (maybe worse than useless).
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Sparta" <dick_sparta@yahoo.com>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Safety Braker
> I was looking at an old race car that hadn't run since the 70's and saw a
device in the front brake line. The owner told me it was called a "Safety
Braker", that it was recommended by SCCA and that it worked like ABS.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this? Are they useful still? If so, are
they still made?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dick
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