<VV> rear brake bias

[Jim Houston]

There are some current recommendations by a couple of major tire 
manufacturers that state that if purchasing only 2 new tires, they need 
to be placed on the rear to prevent skidding.

The thought behind it is, if you have good tires on the front and not as 
good tires on the rear, the fronts will grab better and possibly cause 
the rear to skid around the front.

Jim Houston
'65 Monza coupe


J R Read_HML wrote:
> Bill....   The group you are speaking to here (well 98%?) learned on stick 
> shift cars with rear wheel drive and NO ABS.  Believe it or not - I still 
> prefer that, with Corvair (mandatory mention) being a prime example.  Well, 
> actually I prefer 4 wheel drive on snow or heavy rain, but then I don't 
> drive a Corvair once the salt goes down.
>
> SO - tell me - if you could buy just 2 snow tires for your FWD car, where 
> would you mount them?  Front for steer or rear for brake?
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> rear brake bias
>
>
>   
>> While I really don't mind the rears locking first -- it's the theory we
>> grew up with, and we learned to deal (drive) with it, but some of this
>> talk reminds me --
>>
>> Current thinking, what with all the FWD cars out there, and at least a
>> couple lawsuits, is that you want to maintain control of the rear end of
>> the vehicle because you have the steering wheel to control the front -- 
>> go into any tire store, especially here in the Northwest, and try to get
>> them to mount just two snow tires on your car. Won't happen.  And they
>> will have some sort of handout (probably) to explain why, besides, their
>> lawyers won't let them ...
>>
>> Bill Strickland
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