[FC] FC brake UPGRADES

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

As Clay W. said at the banquet at the Dallas convention when handing out 
the Econo-run awards, FCs had the ballistics of a brick.

Dennis

At 03:40 PM 10/13/2003 -0400, Bryan Blackwell wrote:
>While I agree with Rad regarding the relative lack of engine braking in an 
>FC, I'll also mention that the need for it is considerably less because of 
>wind resistance.  An FC at idle on a 5% grade at 50 mph doesn't pick up 
>speed very quickly (Some might point out they don't pick up speed that 
>quickly at full throttle either :-).  There really isn't much need to ride 
>the brakes hardly at all under most circumstances, and as long as they 
>aren't already at the point of heat fade it's quite unlikely you'll fade 
>them with one stop.
>
>On Saturday, October 11, 2003, at 11:59 PM, Rad Davis wrote:
>
>>Powerglide guys need not fear that they have less braking.  I can state 
>>with some authority that a loaded manual trans FC doesn't get 
>>particularly much braking from the engine when going down a 5-7% grade in 
>>either fourth or third.  It's the brakes or nothing.
>
>Bryan Blackwell bryan@skiblack.com
>http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
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