"Kai M. Radicke" wrote:
I can't argue with the desire to increase braking capabilities. YOu can never
have brakes that are "too Good". However, in Dan's defense, I have to
agree with him. If you aren't adding weight to the vehicle you don't "Need" to
upgrade the brakes. Want or desire is a different matter.
The argument about the engine creating more force has an inherent flaw. Unless
your throttle sticks open, you are not fighting the engine's force
when braking. You are only fighting the inertia of the car regardless of how
it achieved the speed that it is going.
Now if you are going to be doing the "fire burnouts" like funny cars do, you
might need better front brakes to check the car while those huge slicks
light up!!! :)
Joe
> Dan Masters wrote:
>
> > No, I'm sorry, but I don't agree with you. No brake improvements are
> required
> > to account for the extra power. If the brakes are adequate to stop the car
> > from all reasonable speeds now, they will be adequate to stop the car from
> > all reasonable speeds with the V8 installed. If the brakes are not
> adequate
> > now, then I have no business driving it as it is. The braking force
> required
> > to stop a car depends on only two things - weight and speed. The car won't
> > weigh more, and it will not be going any faster.
>
> I think I agrued this with Dan once before, and I still don't agree with
> him. He is correct however, if you're going the same speed in a car that
> weighs 2000lb, and then install a V8 and retain the same weight and drive
> the same speed; then you will not need any brake improvements.
>
> Where Dan is wrong though, is that the V8 does provide you with extra power
> and torque and you will then reach said speed more quickly than in a stock
> powered car. The quickness is related to acceleration and the quicker you
> able to accelerate the more force your car is carrying and the more braking
> force is required to stop it. This is where Dan is mistaken.
>
> After all you have to be installing a V8 for some reason? If it isn't to go
> faster it is then to go quicker... or you just want to be cool, in which
> case you'll still be going at least quicker if not faster. But then again
> maybe Newton's Second Law of Motion doesn't apply to Dan's V8 ;-)
>
> Kai
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