[FC] FC brake UPGRADES

[Merv and or Loretta]

"Given an engine big enough, even a brick will fly" - from the movie Top Gun
Merv Krull
62 ratbrick
64 700

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis & Debbie Pleau" <ddpleau@earthlink.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>; <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [FC] FC brake UPGRADES


> 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/
> >   Corvairs: '61 Lakewood, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
> >   '69 Road Runner, '97 Ford F-150, '99 Neon R/T
> >"Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"
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