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Date Posted: 03:33:07 05/18/00 Thu
Author: fsstek
Subject: Re: one rear brake
In reply to: jmitch 's message, "Re: Disc Brake rear ends... Disscussion" on 18:44:24 05/17/00 Wed

Lets see If I understand what's going on... You have a locked rear end and you only have one brake....... What does that do, besides put a lot of stress on the axles ? There are better ways of arriveing at the correct bias without trying to twist your axles off everytime you jump on the brakes. You might re-think this one a bit.

There are advantages to using discs Vs. drums.If there wasn't... No one would be doing It. By using two separate master cylinders and a mechanical linkage, the bias can be fine tuned.I agree that this is usually a part of a more sophisticated race chassis. Our rules don't allow for any neans of adjusting bias with an "adjuster". There are ways of adjusting, but they require a little thought and experimentation. frankly, I like the challange of figureing out which diameter wheel cylinder to use and any other inovation that would get me the results i'm seeking. I think the essence of street stock racing is that challange of working with stock stuff and using ingenuity..You come away from this experience with an in depth knowledge of the system. As opposed to the guy that buys the latest "trick" part without any idea of how or why it works. The question here is, Will the disc brake guy have an UNFAIR advantage,on the track, over the drum brake guy?

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Re: one rear brake -- jmitch, 15:30:26 05/18/00 Thu