<VV> Re: brake bias/balance

[BobHelt@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/2/05 9:02:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, djtcz@comcast.net 
writes:

> The notable and maybe only exception is from the un-numbered SAE paper "The 
> Chevrolet Corvair - origin and development" by K.H. Hansen. In my faded pink 
> copy of the 1979 Motorbooks collection it says on page 11.  "In actual 
> practice it is desireable to calibrate the braking effort distribution so the rear 
> wheels slide first in a panic stop.  As known from experience, a sliding 
> wheel can take no direction, but if only the rear wheels are sliding a car can 
> still be directionally controlled by the front wheels which is especially 
> important for emergency conditions."
> 
> 
FYI, 
This quote is extracted from the SAE paper 140C that covers the Corvair 
design. Benzinger wrote the engine section and Mitchell did the transaxle portion.
Regards,
Bob Helt