On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 05:18:01 GMT, "Scott Ehardt"
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>> And if it had been front wheel drive?
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>Isn't more braking power put to the front wheels of a car due to the weight
>distribution properties during stoping? I don't know the ratios, though.
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>> That's the rub with many of todays high powered vehicles. You have
>> antilock brakes that are made as small as they can get away with to
>> keep the weight down (and since they have antilock, it is hard to
>> overwork them anyway)
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>How do you figure? Antilock does not help with heat tolerance or
>dissipation.
>

No, but because antilock brakeswork smoother if they don't lock in the
first place, manufacturers tend to install smaller less effective
brakes on cars with antilock as standard.
>> and now we have cars with more horsepower than
>> the old muscle cars. The power brakes are engine vacuum operated, and
>> the vacuum goes for a dump when the engine is under load.
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>Yes, but you should still have pressure for at least a couple brake presses
>stored up in the system - same as if the engine stops while driving.