[Tigers] Will wood brakes

[Tom Hall]

On 5/11/2017 12:55 PM, Ramon Spontelli via Tigers wrote:
>
> No. An instantaneous braking force of 1G would slow you down, but it 
> would not stop you.
>
> Ramon
>

>  And you might keep this up as it's becomming entertaining in a way.   
> And they say this list was dead!
>
> *From:*Jay Laifman [mailto:jay.laifman at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 11, 2017 9:21 AM
> *To:* Ramon Spontelli
> *Cc:* Tiger's Den
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Will wood brakes
>
> Hmmm.  1G.  The same amount of force as gravity.  So if you slammed on 
> your Tiger's brakes at 60 mph, would the impact be the same for your 
> brain against your skull as if your body was falling at 60 mph and hit 
> the ground?
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Ramon Spontelli via Tigers 
> <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
> For what it's worth . . .
>
> Somewhere in the house I have some G-Analayst printouts showing 1.0G in
> braking for the Mk II running autocross.  This was an SCCA-legal BSP car
> with bone-stock brakes, OEM/stock shoes in the rear, Porterfield metallic
> pads in the front, and Rick's replacement for the Girling servo.  Yeah, we
> were running 225-45 x 15 Hoosier Autocrossers on 15 x 8 Revolution wheels
> all 'round, but the brakes themselves were stock.
>
> If you think you need road-race brakes on a street car, then go for the
> Wilwood stuff.  Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with the stock brakes.
>
> Ramon
>
>
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