What about the early Corvettes?
>From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
>Reply-To: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette@intel.com>
>To: "'Shane Ingate'" <hottr6@hotmail.com>, 6 Pack <6pack@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: TR6 pedal ratio, and TR250 "power bulge"
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:22:37 -0800
>
> Shane:
>
> Boosters are needed for disk brakes. You will not find
>disk brakes without boosters on any volume production car I am aware of.
> With drum brakes, the rotation of the drum "pulls" the shoe
>into firmer contact and so is "self boosting" in a sense.
> There is no comparable mechanical effect for disks, so
>to get any sort of decent pedal effort, you must have a boosted
>system. Going to a higher leverage pedal box will reduce the
>effort to a more reasonable level, but you will probably find that
>the pedal travel is a good deal longer than you like.
> I suppose a racer might like this sort of setup. Less weight,
>easier to modulate, less to go wrong, etc. But I am willing to bet a
>donut (make mine raised chocolate frosted, please) that you won't like
>it for the street. Just my SWAG.
> 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...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vance
>
>------------------------------
>1974 Mimosa Yellow Triumph TR6
>Cogito Ergo Zoom
>(I think, therefore I go fast)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shane Ingate [mailto:hottr6@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:26 AM
>To: 6 Pack
>Subject: TR6 pedal ratio, and TR250 "power bulge"
>
>
>All,
>
>Does anyone know what the (brake/clutch) pedal ratio is on the TR6? Please
>correct we if I am wrong, but I figure that one of the reasons why we have
>a
>brake booster is because of a poor pedal ratio.
>
>I'm going to junk the pedal box and use one from Tilton or Wilwood, which
>have a ratio of 5.7:1. This will enable me to ditch the brake booster, and
>have the front and rear brakes on independent circuits (I will use a
>balance
>bar and proportioning valve). Could it also reduce the clutch effort?
>I've
>already beefed up the sheet metal around where the pedal box goes, ready to
>accept the after-market pedals.
>
>On another note, if you would like to check out the early pictures of what
>Rags' hood will look like with a TR250 "power bulge", check out
>http://triumph.hottr6.com/Body.html.
>
>Why do they call it a "power bulge"? Is this some phallic reference to men
>wearing 60s/70s tight pants? Groovy, Baby!
>
>Shane Ingate in Maryland
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