>>>Vincent - the question that I have is WHY you would want a
>>>hydraulic handbrake in a FWD car in any case ...
>>
>>
>>Obviously you haven't winter rallied a FWD car in anger too
>>much...trust me a Handbrake of any kind is well worth the
>>"save your bacon" factor when pushing a FWD car to the limit
>>in the winter..
>
>Andrew,
>My basic point was that just about every rally novice thinks
>that tey will be relying on the handbrake to make the car
>rotate ... and while I haven't rallied a FWD car in anger, I
>have played enough to know that with good LFB use you can
>rotate a FWD car virtually as tight as if you used a
>handbrake anyway.
>Add to that that he's from Edmonton and I know most of the
>roads he's likely going to start on (and which roads are
>winter roads) and I think I am safe to mak e teh comment I
>did.
Obviously you haven?t PLAYED witha rally car on snow events hard enough.
Or you would have found that , oddly enough, when you left foot brake, you apply the front brakes as well, and if they are going tpo lock, they will, and then you have little choice between plowing straight ahead (regardless of where the wheels are pointed) or releasing the brakes.
I have done whole sections of Tbird with hydraulic handbrake alone, any application of foot brake resulted in locking the fronts.
If Vincent does not change the rear calipers for some significantly larger, he will have the same problem.
But it is clear he prefers advice from fellows who have bought their cars done and have mainly second and third hand experience modding their Saabs.
Cutting out the easiest handbrake lever to mod and replacing it with a CNC shows that he is just following advice from somebody who can't fab, or bought it that way already and advises other about things they don't know.
Sorta like the driving advise.
By the way.
ACP who is a big advocate of the the indespensibility of LFB neglects to mention that for it to be worthwhile there needs to be an increase in brake power at the rear.
The old Minis and Saabs did this with the exact same part number:
a 3/4" cylinder for the brakes in place of the stock 5/8".
More brake effect, easier to lock the rears on the footbrake system.
Road cars and P crap have limiters in rear circuits, so playing with standard roadcars is just playing.
John Vanlandingham
Seattle, WA. 98168
Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
Black Rocket Rally Tires
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