<VV> Power Brakes for Corvair

[Dennis & Debbie PLEAU]

I live in a mountainous place and have found no reason to switch to disks or 
power brakes.  Run through a puddle, ride the brake for a while to dry them 
out.  No problem with Corvair brakes, unless you are really serious about 
racing or don't understand about drying out brakes after getting them wet.


>From: <mhicks130 at cox.net>
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> Power Brakes for Corvair
>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:26:47 -0500
>
> > ********************************************
> > You guys are missing the whole point here.
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> >
> > I don't have any experience putting power brakes on a non power braked 
>car,
> > so the only advice I can give Bill is, "Go for it.  How hard can it be?"
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > PS:  Anybody that says there's no advantage on the Corvair to going to 
>disk
> > brakes has never run his Corvair through deep water and gotten the 
>brakes
> > wet.  I have, and I'd gladly make the swap if I still drove it in those
> > conditions.
> > ********************************************
>
>
>Just because he only asked for help on installation doesn't mean our 
>pointing out that the stock brakes are fine isn't helpful.  If not to him 
>then maybe to someone else reading this who's considering doing this.  He 
>doesn't have a lot of experience with Corvairs (he just took his first 
>drive in one) so he might not know that properly set up, the Corvair brakes 
>are great so he may be trying to fix a problem that doesn't actually exist.
>
>Yeah wet drums take longer to dry out than wet disks but I haven't had a 
>problem with it (yet!),  you just have to keep that in mind when it's wet 
>out and touch the brakes from time to time to dry them off.  I still don't 
>think it's worth the swap though.  Now if I was autocrossing a lot or lived 
>in a mountainous area, I would do it.  And I have more than once wanted to 
>change when working on the drums with all their bits and pieces that don't 
>want to go back together.
>
>mike