Re: Bendix Treadle Vac Study- Serioius Business!!

Posted by R Anderson On 2011/1/14 14:13:43

Discs are superior in fade resistance, cooling, stopping in wet condtions, ability to develop higher G force deceleration rates, easy pad replacement... all of which is pretty obvious to any competent mechanical engineer and virtually all automotive manfacturers worldwide, apparently. To portray drums as their equal simply because they can lock up the wheels is patently absurd, physics says otherwise. If one wants to retain them for authenticity, fine, but to defend them on scientific merits is a losing propostion.

Driving a near new '63 Ford wagon down the Mt Wasington auto road in '64 and losing 80% of braking power 1/3 of the way from the bottom of the hill convinced me of the advantages of discs, at least for those who are not desert dwellers or perpetual flatlanders, forever.