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11-09-2019, 02:06 PM | #1 | |
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Re: Decent Brakes on a 70 C10 for today
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11-09-2019, 03:22 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Decent Brakes on a 70 C10 for today
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I swapped to a more modern summer/high performance 195/50-15 and the car would then pull .97g stopping and did so without locking up as easily- you could threshold brake much easier. At the time my mom had a '99 New Beetle with four wheel disc, 205/50-16 summer tires, and ABS that did .99g braking; basically identical performance between four wheel drum brakes that went into production in 1958 and four wheel disc brakes that went into production in 1998. I now have a '63 VW with discs up front and 195/50-15 tires and it doesn't stop the car any shorter than my drum brake '64 because the tire is still the limiting factor in stopping shorter. Also relevant- dad had a '57 VW that had been upgraded to the later 58-64 style drums but it had reproduction Firestone bias ply tires. You had to plan stops 15 minutes in advance because the tires had such little grip. On the Festiva, I put all season tires on it when I'm not autocrossing it and it feels almost unsafe because I know I'm missing out on the braking performance of the stickier track tires. I actually lightly hit a deer one night because I had all season tires on it, and I know I could've stopped shorter and avoided it had I still been on stickier track tires. Same brakes, different braking performance.
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