I have been a driver since 63 and a steward since 67 and I never heard
of SCCA "recommending" anything like the safety braker. Seems more
like a neck braker to me. Larry Dent
On Sep 9, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Richard Hardison wrote:
> Back in 1993, I built a replica of an AC Shelby Cobra. It was a
> Classic
> Roadsters kit with lots of up-grades. One thing we added was a
> "passive
> ABS" product. These were small cylinders which had a gas filled
> damper in
> them. They were installed directly into the front and rear brake
> lines and
> were supposed to dampen spikes or pulses in the hydraulic lines. I
> understand that this technology was developed during WW2 to provide
> better
> braking for fighter planes landing on carrier decks.
>
> I hope they worked better on the WW2 planes than they did on the
> Cobra. I
> found them to be useless (maybe worse than useless).
>
> Richard
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick Sparta" <dick_sparta@yahoo.com>
> To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:58 PM
> Subject: Safety Braker
>
>
>> I was looking at an old race car that hadn't run since the 70's and
>> saw a
> device in the front brake line. The owner told me it was called a
> "Safety
> Braker", that it was recommended by SCCA and that it worked like ABS.
>>
>> Can anyone shed any light on this? Are they useful still? If so, are
> they still made?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dick
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