my '63 Healey 3000 w/ disc brakes doesn't have a booster, and isn't
difficult to stop -- especially when it's overheating at the side of the
roadway ...
I had a 1986 Mazda 323 with nonpower steering -- it was kind of a slow
steering ratio, so you had to do quite a bit of cranking when you parallel
parked, but the effort was reasonable, even with most of the car's weight on
the front wheels. Most of the second generation Turbo Mazda RX7's also had
manual steering, although that was pretty heavy because they kept the ratio
fast.
and I learned to drive on a 1967 Cougar with nonpower steering AND brakes
(drums all round, of course), plus three-speed manual transmission. Now
there was a car that took some work to drive ...
Graham
-----Original Message-----
From: conan [mailto:conan@intrex.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:20 PM
To: TR6 list
Subject: re: TR6 pedal ratio
per Vance...
>>Boosters are needed for disk brakes. You will not find disk brakes
>>without boosters on any volume production car I am aware of.
I assume you mean any -current- volume production car. :-) Those built
for the current weanie-yuppie masses. ;-) :-) :-)
LOTS (most?) old disk-braked cars did not have (or really need) power
brake boosters.
Same for power steering. There was a report back in the '70s after the
first gas crisis when everyone panicked and rushed out to buy economy cars.
Large increase in sore backs/shoulders because everyone had gotten used to
power steering and weren't used to actually having to put some effort into
steering anymore. :-)
Ed in NC
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