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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: Brakes
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.094034.5612@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 09:40:34 GMT
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- Drew Eckhardt (drew@ophelia.cs.colorado.edu) wrote:
- : 1. Is having both cylinders on a dual master cylinder fed together (ie,
- : through a + connector which then feeds front and rear brakes)
- : acceptable?
- :
- : What is the normal configuration for a dual master? With
- : one cylinder feeding front, the other rear? If this is the
- : case, then how much is front/rear brake bias affected by
- : different master cylinders?
-
- I don't know how the other makers do it, but SAAB uses a dual-diagonal system.
- The front-right, and rear-left wheels are on one circuit, and the front-left
- and rear-right on the other. This way, if one circuit goes kaput, you have
- even forces slowing down your car so it won't spin (it works, think about it.)
-
- That is pre-ABS, by the way, they use 3 or 4 seperate circuits now. They
- claim to be one of the first to go dual-diagonal, back in '62 or so.
-
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - Because you get what you pay for.
- hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
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