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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Jay<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No, not the same.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A 1G braking force is an eye opening experience that will throw you forward and slap you against the shoulder harness if you have them but it still takes about 100 feet to stop.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you hit the ground at 60 mph you stop in about ½ inch and you are Humpty Dumpty.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll take 1G braking force<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jay Laifman via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 11, 2017 12:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ramon Spontelli <rspontelli@earthlink.net><br><b>Cc:</b> Tiger's Den <tigers@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Will wood brakes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hmmm. 1G. The same amount of force as gravity. So if you slammed on your Tiger's brakes at 60 mph, would the impact be the same for your brain against your skull as if your body was falling at 60 mph and hit the ground?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Ramon Spontelli via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>For what it's worth . . .<br><br>Somewhere in the house I have some G-Analayst printouts showing 1.0G in<br>braking for the Mk II running autocross. This was an SCCA-legal BSP car<br>with bone-stock brakes, OEM/stock shoes in the rear, Porterfield metallic<br>pads in the front, and Rick's replacement for the Girling servo. Yeah, we<br>were running 225-45 x 15 Hoosier Autocrossers on 15 x 8 Revolution wheels<br>all 'round, but the brakes themselves were stock.<br><br>If you think you need road-race brakes on a street car, then go for the<br>Wilwood stuff. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with the stock brakes.<br><br>Ramon<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jay.laifman@gmail.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>