Larry,
I know nothing about the SCCA recommending this device. Like you, I doubt
that the SCCA did so.
A previous e-mail mentioned that the devices made your brake pedal softer.
They certainly made the Cobra's pedal softer. I found them dangerous.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Dent" <lwdent@localnet.com>
To: "Richard Hardison" <blueshadow@starband.net>
Cc: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>; "Dick Sparta" <dick_sparta@yahoo.com>;
"Larry Dent" <lwdent@localnet.com>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: Safety Braker
> 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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