- 1. Fw: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 04:42:40 -0600
- Brakes.... to Starting
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00122.html (7,758 bytes)
- 2. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:05:59 -0500
- Good topic. Looking back on ECTA meets..."all" the problems we have had have been with cars that didn't have front brakes...which isn't to say that lack of front brakes caused the problem...but it su
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00124.html (10,651 bytes)
- 3. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:36:35 -0600
- ahhhh John....... ahhhhh does the words NO THANKS come to mind.... ouch... your exactly right about one thing..... in an emergency your mind goes into warp speed with adreniline and all of your major
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00125.html (12,437 bytes)
- 4. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 09:28:43 -0800
- Sounds like quite a ride. I think it is always good to make sure your stopping devices are working before taking it out of gear. Maybe you should think about a chute setup, like USFRA used at some of
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00126.html (11,519 bytes)
- 5. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:45:54 -0700
- The problems racers have had with front and rear brakes has often been what they choose to use. I have spent some time listening to five or six racers who mounted brakes that later proved difficult
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00127.html (8,804 bytes)
- 6. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:42:47 -0500
- im not a "vintage guy", but i'd sure want both front and rear brakes (good ones) and at least one reliable chute in case your car ever caught fire at high speed -a few seconds less in a hot oil fire
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00128.html (7,442 bytes)
- 7. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: V4GR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:07:18 EST
- I have front brakes on my Vega and had them on my 32 because they feel a lot better than without them. Don't think I need them at the salt, just like them. We were having trouble starting the roadste
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00130.html (7,739 bytes)
- 8. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 17:21:47 -0500
- We actually considered the catch net for Maxton when we started running in '95. Didn't have the resources at that time, however, with a few years experience under our belt, I now think it would stil
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00131.html (13,057 bytes)
- 9. Re: Front Brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "JAMES CANNON" <dr.piston@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 17:31:31 -0500
- FOR SCOOTERS ESPECIALLY, for those of you that want to test your steering stabilizer grab a handful of rear brakes at the end of a good run. It won't be for long Jim from Salem VA --Original Message-
- /html/land-speed/1999-12/msg00133.html (14,481 bytes)
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