The key here is not the extra HP but the extra weight that HP entails.
-----Original Message-----
From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>
To: Robert J. Snyder <rjsnydercpa@email.msn.com>; triumphs@autox.team.net
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: Engine Swaps - What about stopping?
>>I always read with great interest the discussions regarding engine swaps
for
>>TR-6 and Spitfire. I have a Spitfire 1500 that I was thinking of
upgrading
>>with a GT-6 motor. I was also going to upgrade the vertical link and
brakes
>>from a GT-6. However, I was wondering with the larger increases in
>>horsepower: V-8 in TR-6 or V-6 in Spitfire, what break modifications have
>>been considered and are acceptable?
>
>
>I have NEVER understood why people think you need better brakes if you
>add more HP. If you are going 50 MPH in a car that has 75 HP, doesn't it
>take about the same amount of space & time to stop as the same car going
>50 MPH with a 300 HP engine???
>
>I always thought better brakes were desirable at any time & even more so
>if you add an overdrive or higher diff ratios allowing you to go faster
>that
>n you could before.
>
>Still wondering how how fast you can reach speed X, affects how quickly
>you can go from X to zero.
>
>TeriAnn Wakeman
>Santa Cruz, California
>
>NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS twakeman@cruzers.com
>
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