On 2/13/03 14:22, "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com> wrote:
> Boosters are needed for disk brakes. You will not find
> disk brakes without boosters on any volume production car I am aware of.
I thought the TR3/4 have no booster. If that is true, then how do they get
away with it? I think also the DB4s and 5 had no booster. Probably many
others. I have come to think that boosters are a part of the "softening" of
cars as they have evolved over the past 100 years.
> As for the power bulge, at one point it was needed to clear
> some part of the engine, but it was retained as a styling cue after
> the engine was changed and clearance was no longer needed. Don't
> remember what part of the engine needed the clearance though...
I'm not using it to clear any part of my motor, just to provide air. In
building my car, I am "borrowing" design cues from earlier TRs (specifically
the 4/5/250). The fender vents have a function. I am giving the "power
bulge" a function. The door handles from the TR4 give a cleaner line.
There may also be dashboard cues from the TR4, but I'm not yet at that
stage.
Shane
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