<VV> proportioning valve

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>>I have installed disc brakes up front and want to use more of their stopping 
>>power. 
>>

Put them on the back, then, instead of the front.  Fieros, which mostly 
have (inadequate) 4-wheel discs to start with, benefit greatly in 
stopping power by first upgrading the rear discs. They have a simlar 
wieght bias to the Covair.

Front discs are great when the majority of your braking force comes from 
the front wheels, but a Corvair, because of the rear weight bias, does a 
good deal of stopping with the rear brakes.  I don't think use of a 
proportioning vlave, readily available from any aftermarket brake 
supplier (get an adjustable one), on a Corvair, is perhaps the wisest 
choice. Do you really want to 'hold-off' the brakes that do the majority 
of the stopping on your car?

Now I believe I just posted about bigger brakes on the front, and I do 
not have an issue with that combination, but I would also like those 
bigger brakes on the back, without cutting up the wheel wells on my 
Sixty.  Just haven't got there yet. Maybe I'll have to do discs on the rear?

Bill Strickland