Jim and Bob, there is a very interesting article in the current issue of
Grassroots Motorsport magazine on brakes. The only book that I have
read that is also recommendable is the Brake Book by Pough (spelling),
an HP Book.
After talking to lots of people in the brake industry, suppliers, there
is very little real help in designing a new brake system. They all tell
you to do the engineering, and adjust afterwards.
I was really disappointed that the major after market brake suppliers
offered little to no help technically. The most help in design was from
the Brake Book and Dave Bean Engineering.
BTW, I put a Datsun 210 tandem MC in my Tiger, with Wilwood fronts, Fiat
rears, and Lockheed booster for the fronts only.
Larry
Bob Palmer wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I already suspected this must be the way it
> works since it was the only way I could figure it wouldn't need twice the
> pedal force. Also, I didn't see a way for two independent master cylinders
> to stay properly balanced if they were in line as opposed, for example, to
> two side-by-side with a proportioning bar like the racers like to use. I'm
> glad I didn't need to learn any new physics, just some modern brake
> engineering.
>
> Thanks again for taking the time to explain this to me. Also, glad to hear
> you solved the backfire problem so easily. At least you solved it a bunch
> quicker than it took me to find the bad spark coil that was giving me fits.
>
> Best regards,
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