Since my Bugeye tops out at about 75, I don't need disk brakes but this is
the first "bolt on" conversion I have ever seen advertised and just wanted
to know something about it.
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Rear Dick Brakes--Serious reply.
> In fact it is the other way round. Because a road car is nearly always
> heavier than its racing equivalent it can be much harder on brakes than a
> racing car. Consider a racing Sprite might be as much as 200 - 400lbs
> lighter than a road Sprite let alone how much more a passenger in the road
> Sprite might way and you can see that like for like speeds the road car
> brakes work harder. Ok, the speeds might not be as high for some (though
I
> have braked from 115mph+ on the road in my Sprite) but given that the
brakes
> are pulling the car to a dead stop, perhaps time and time again, they are
> working harder than just pulling 10 - 60 mph or whatever on a racing
Sprite.
>
> As far as rear disks go, unless the car is running big brakes on the front
> (whether for road or track) there is no requirement for them. However,
once
> you have serious stopping power up front than there is an argument for
more
> stopping power at the rear.
>
>
> Daniel1312
>
>
> In a message dated 03/10/99 21:05:45 GMT Daylight Time,
wsthompson@thicko.com
> writes:
>
> << Maybe for racing, but even there, I would wonder if rear disks would be
as
> > crucial as larger front disks and/or the cross-drilled disks. Maybe
WST,
> > Keith Turk or one of the other racers will enlighten us on that. >>
>
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