Rich,
At 12:03 PM 10/20/98 -0700, Rich Atherton wrote:
>>Granted, you probably never hit the brakes going 130+ mph, but under most
>circumstances
>>they can be made to work pretty well.
>
>
>My old Alpine wouldn't hit 130 mph falling from the SKY, let a lone on the
>road. Nope, Most hard braking was down il on widy roads, at about 60 to 70
>tops....
>
I'll bet Laifman could put one of his aerodynamics experts on this problem.
Surely we can manage a terminal velocity of better than 130 mph out of an
Alpine. The test results would also be very useful to the Mayf in his LSR
effort.
>>
>>Regarding REPCO, they're out of business, so we need to find an equivalent
>
>
>yes, I know, but there may be some NOS pads out there somewhere. They were
>very good Pads.
>
Do you suppose in the past thirty years that brake pad technology has
possibly improved just a little bit? I know it's hard to give up something
you've relied so heavily on for all these years, but maybe you could think
about taking a chance on something new.
>>
>>Regarding your rears locking up before the fronts; this is not good.
>
>Actually, this is more of a drivers setup choice. I prefered it myself.
>Absolutely did not want the fronts to lock first! no no no! Let the ass
>end get light and loose, I can still STEER !!. Lock the fronts, and you go
>straight into the ditch...Newton's 3rd Law of Ditch Magnets.
>
I like your style Rich. It's also consistent with my handling preference -
make that back end do some work!! Not advisable for the average driver
though.
>>
>>Also, what's this about "the Alpine was lighter, and may have had better
>>brake cooling (more cool air around them)". What is the weight difference?
>>Maybe 10% heavier? And aren't the Alpine and Tiger brakes identical?
>
>
> It was lighter, but I don't have the figures anymore, andI said I don't
>think it made much of a difference. The cooling is just conjecture on my
>part. The tigers have so much more heat under the hoot than the Alpines do,
>I thought it might have an impact, although probably slight
>
Just couldn't resist taking a swipe at those heavier, hotter Tigers though,
huh!!
>
>>Still hopin' for a miracle from the Padres in San Diego,
>>
>>Bob
>
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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