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

[fogie]

forklifts have front wheel brakes and its well known on how good they
handle...


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Lance <jolylance at earthlink.net>
To: 'David' <adin at frontier.net>; ed <ed at vetteracing.com>
Cc: 'LandSpeed List' <Land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 2:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fwd: Re:  LSR Brake Question


I remember an old high school Physics experiment that involved a toy car
going down an inclined plane: with the front wheels locked up it went
straight down the inclined plane; with the back wheels locked up it spun
out----the reason being that sliding friction was less than rolling
friction.

For that reason, I would put the brakes on the front wheels if you are going
to use brakes on just one axle.

That's also why the front wheel brakes on civilian vehicles provide the
higher percentage of braking effort.

Lance


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-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:20 PM
To: ed at vetteracing.com
Cc: LandSpeed List
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Fwd: Re: LSR Brake Question

Can we quote you on that?

Sent from my little hand held gizmo

On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:50 PM, "Ed Van Scoy" <ed at vetteracing.com> wrote:

> Brakes come in REAL handy when you are on fire.......
> Ed V
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Savage [mailto:b.a.savage at cal.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 05:34 PM
> To: 'LandSpeed List'
> Subject: [Land-speed] Fwd: Re: LSR Brake Question
>
> -------- Original Message --------Subject: Re: [Land-speed] LSR Brake
> QuestionDate: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:17:54 -0700From: Bryan Savage To:
> drmayf at mayfco.comWell what do you ACTUALLY use the wheel brakes for at
> Bonneville? Theyare necessary if the wind is blowing down the course,
> in
your
> face withvigor, and you don't want to be pulled backwards. They are
> also usefulwhen unloading from the transport vehicle. With a real
> Bonneville racevehicle you don't use them for stopping above 10 or 20
> MPH. I can't
seeany
> advantage for a specific axle. It seems to me that the best
> choicewould be
the
> simplest installation. A hand brake to the rear axle soundsgood 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
> I> 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
> the> me.>>
fire
> away!>>
>
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