<VV> Early Brakes

[Jay Maechtlen]

On 11/17/2017 12:02 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> ### I once owned a modern car with ABS. One day there was a very light 
> dusting of snow. The brakes had virtually no effect. Without ABS the 
> wheels would have slid a bit & immediately burned through the snow, 
> but with ABS the car just kept going like it had no brakes at all. 
> Very disconcerting.
> My 1960 Impala has the original non-powered drum brakes, & they work 
> just fine, just like my Corvair. Need a bit of pressure if you have to 
> stop in a hurry, but if you drive normally they are perfectly adequate.
>
>
funny - my first encounter with ABS was in a rental car in the Northeast 
somewhere. Coming off an expressway, at the stop there was some snow and 
slush.
I felt the ABS do its thing, and came to a nice stop.
When my recently departed Regal was still new to me, I came up on a 
stopped vehicle on the freeway, and stood on the brakes.
Without ABS, I would have flat-spotted the tires. As it was, I stopped 
in time without any more drama than appropriate.

My "Corvair" tends to lock the fronts up under hard braking, and I've 
flat spotted those a bit.
Obviously, ymmv.

The 'dusting of show' is a real interesting thing. Sounds like a toggle 
switch in the power circuit for the ABS might be useful in some climates.



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Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans