<VV> Dual or Single Master Cylinder

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At 04:46 PM 12/4/05, JVHRoberts at aol.com wrote:

>My issue with the original dual master cylinders has to do with the safety 
>factor. Blow a circuit, and you really don't have much left. The pedal 
>goes nearly to the floor, and and you have VERY little braking action left.

Bingo.  This is why that I argue that the dual M/C conversion is overrated 
and that having an entire brake system in top condition is far more 
important than whether the car has a dual M/C.

I say this based on having experienced a front brake line failure in a 
friend's 1968 500, fortunately at walking speed in a parking lot, 18 years 
ago.  The pedal went fully to the floor.  Sure, the other circuit was 
still  working, but by a such a fraction of its original capacity that we 
could push the car by hand with the pedal fully depressed.

--Bob


Robert W. Marlow
Vairtec at optonline.net