You are correct that the fronts do most of the work.
You find out how much work the rears do when both of your rear wheel
cylinders are leaking a lot rendering the rear brakes inoperative.
Been there, locked up the fronts (74 Midget)
Ulix
On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, R. Toby Atwater wrote:
> I thought the back brakes were more for skid prevention then anything
> else. I believe that the front brakes do 80% of work or something like that.
> I remember reading some info on Formula 1s saying their front brakes are
> huge while the backs are tiny in comparison.
>
> Bye
> Toby
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> To: Neesham, Ted <Ted.Neesham@health.wa.gov.au>
> Cc: 'spridgets@autox.team.net' <spridgets@triumph.cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Disc conversion
>
>
> >On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Neesham, Ted wrote:
> >
> >> I would like some comments on a conversion of drums to disc. I realise
> the
> >> later Sprites had front discs, but any suggestions for all round discs?
> >
> >Not many people do this, because the Spridget is extremely light in the
> >rear. Discs on the rear won't give you much if any improvement in total
> >braking.
> >
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