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- From: samblane@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sean Samblanet)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Threshold braking (was Re: "tank" superchargers)
- Message-ID: <26172@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 8 Oct 92 16:39:40 GMT
- References: <548.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- Reply-To: samblane@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Sean Samblanet)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In rec.autos.tech, dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) writes:
- :-> this business about right side wheels locking up is out of the blue,
- :-> as far as i'm concerned; i have never seen nor heard of anything of
- :-> this sort in my previous experience.
- :->
- :-> since you claim to be an expert, why don't you explain why this
- :-> happens?
- :
- : Perhaps you're driving on a level surface instead of the cambered road
- :which was mentioned in the original message? Perhaps you simply aren't
- :pushing the envelope hard enough? Perhaps you're not driving a normal
- :production automobile, which usually isn't within 300 pounds on
- :left/right weight bias and usually not within 1/2 inch of square?
- :
- : If all your wheels lock up at the same time, very nice, but that's not
- :normal behavior.
- >
- My $.02 worth: I drive an Eagle Talon Turbo in SCCA showroom-stock
- road racing. In hard braking(in a straight line) my right front tire
- is always the first to lock up. I don't know what other explanations
- were expressed in this thread but I assume the reason my car does it
- is that the left front tire is more heavily loaded(60lbs.)than the right
- front without me in the drivers seat then I add another 215lbs. to
- the left side when driving.
-
- Sean S.
-