[Land-speed] LSR Brake Question

[Larry Mayfield]

Ok, with the information that a rule exists to prevent brakes only on 
the front axle unless a set of unpublished criteria is met and the 
design is approved, this is now officially a dead issue for  me. Hold 
you emails please... I'll stick to the rule book... If  I decide to 
change my break set up, it will be with a lever operated rear brake 
system only.  I only use the brakes when speeds are way way down anyway...

larry

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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