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03-06-2011, 11:26 PM
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problem with pinion brakes is this, in a 1/4 mile pass doing 100+ itd be like applying brakes at over 300 mph. and if you broke an axle you loose brakes(unless you have a spool)
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03-07-2011, 09:25 AM
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A friend of mine had them on his rockwell axle mud truck and it was m'fer to stop at 35mph. Mind you its a little different but look at those monster trucks blowing sparks and making the rotors glow, you can even hear them over the zoomies! Haha
03-07-2011, 09:13 PM
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You have a way of only using your back brakes, think about it. Go out on a nice blacktop road, and jam on your parking brake. Drift racers do it all the time, and look at those results.
My front brake line blew on my chevelle when I was a kid, about 50 miles from home. I took a pair of vicegrips and pinched the line off where it was leaking, so I only had rears. I slid about half way home, ruined a pair of tires, and a pair of pants.
My front brake line blew on my chevelle when I was a kid, about 50 miles from home. I took a pair of vicegrips and pinched the line off where it was leaking, so I only had rears. I slid about half way home, ruined a pair of tires, and a pair of pants.
03-07-2011, 09:28 PM
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You don't have the level of control with your parking brake as you do wile using the service brakes. Also on my truck the parking brake is a whole different brake then the disk service brake.
The difference of driving home and running at the strip is having a 1/4 mile or so shut down area to bring the truck from 100-110 down to 5-15 to make the turn off. Drag slicks vs. street tires will also be a big difference.
You bring up some good points using the example of driving home with vice gripped brakes but it has little to relate to the situation at hand. Locked rear, extreamly grippy tires, prepped track(still sticky on the top end).
As I have said the biggest issue I see if the rears are able to stop the truck well is the fact of having no backup. Like some have said bumpy shutdown area, if the other racer does come into my lane, and anything else that may come up.
The difference of driving home and running at the strip is having a 1/4 mile or so shut down area to bring the truck from 100-110 down to 5-15 to make the turn off. Drag slicks vs. street tires will also be a big difference.
You bring up some good points using the example of driving home with vice gripped brakes but it has little to relate to the situation at hand. Locked rear, extreamly grippy tires, prepped track(still sticky on the top end).
As I have said the biggest issue I see if the rears are able to stop the truck well is the fact of having no backup. Like some have said bumpy shutdown area, if the other racer does come into my lane, and anything else that may come up.