>if you're going the same speed in a car that
>weighs 2000lb, and then install a V8 and retain the same weight and drive
>the same speed; then you will not need any brake improvements.
>the V8 does provide you with extra power
>and torque and you will then reach said speed more quickly than in a stock
>powered car. The quickness is related to acceleration and the quicker you
>able to accelerate the more force your car is carrying and the more braking
>force is required to stop it.
Nonsense. The important metric is the instantaneous velocity, not any
velocity which preceded it.
The attitude of the car will be a factor on how the suspension and brakes
react, and acceleration will affect that. But the idea that you accelerated
more quickly to arrive at a given velocity somehow invests a car at that
velocity with more force is simply wrong.
Of course, if you drive at a higher velocity, or brake more often from the
same velocity, you will be working the brakes harder.
In any case, I'd prefer a car with a lighter engine, not a heavier one.
Total mass is important, and moving the center of mass rearward rather than
forward is even more important to handling. I realize this is not the only
reason, but my TR is not in a league with my Lotus in handling.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"Kids haven't lost the feeling that the sense of wonder is more important
than wondering what makes sense. And if that doesn't define what it takes
to like British cars, I don't know what does." -Scott Fisher
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