[Land-speed] Fwd: Re: LSR Brake Question

[Bryan Savage]

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Subject: 	Re: [Land-speed] LSR Brake Question
Date: 	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:17:54 -0700
From: 	Bryan Savage <b.a.savage at cal.net>
To: 	drmayf at mayfco.com



Well what do you ACTUALLY use the wheel brakes for at Bonneville? They
are necessary if the wind is blowing down the course, in your face with
vigor, and you don't want to be pulled backwards. They are also useful
when unloading from the transport vehicle. With a real Bonneville race
vehicle you don't use them for stopping above 10 or 20 MPH. I can't see
any advantage for a specific axle. It seems to me that the best choice
would be the simplest installation. A hand brake to the rear axle sounds
good to me.

Cheers and good luck Mayf...

Bryan (in Placerville, CA.)

On 10/11/2013 4:32 PM, Larry Mayfield wrote:
> Ok, so I am running 4 wheel disk brakes now.  Why? Well, when I
> started the activity I was dumber than a bag of squash, but smarter
> than broccoli. Not much, but some.  So I have a dual master cylinder
> and a proportioning valve to help keep the rears from locking up. My
> question is, IF I got smart (???) and decided to go to one axle
> braking only, which axle would be best? In road cars, the front does
> the majority of heavy lifting in the  braking department, but is that
> necessarily a good thing on a salt car?  I tend to lean to having the
> brakes on the rar axle but am not sure why, lol...  Is there a good
> technical reason other than "well, dang, that's the way it has always
> been done"  answer?
>
> With a smaller master cylinder I might be able to just go with a brake
> lever and eliminate that pesky brake pedal mess under the dash.
>
> Love to hear comments..even those that question my sanity, smartness,
> dumb ness, ugliness or what ever. As long as there is a kernal in the
> email about brakes that lends itself to a pearl of wisdom for me.
>
> fire away!
>
> mayf