Actually Bill properly adjusted drum beaks on a air-cooled VW will lock the rear wheels. Even on my lowered Karmann Ghia with Porsche 15"x8" fuchs running 225's will lock up with the car out of gear up to about 35mph on new BFG comp TA. When used properly (no traffic, trees, or other hazards around) can be lots of fun. Andrei ----- Original Message ----- From: "content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: [DMCForum] Re: handbrake performance No marque's *PARKING* brake will do that. That's why brakes activated with hydraulic fluid (Ford was last mechanical brake -- with rods -- in the 1930's). Momentum of vehicle will simply stretch cable. Ever noticed is possible to accidentally start off (difficultly) with a parking brake engaged? And that's from a total standstill. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote: > Hey lads, > Just wondering how good the delorean handbrake is meant to be? Mine > will easily hold the car on a hill, but is not good enough to lock > the back wheels if pulled up while driving (and in neutral). Not that > I would do this while driving on the highway or anything, but still I > would expect that if I ever did need to pull it up it would lock the > rear wheels. Anyone's good enough to do that? What should I look at > on mine to fix this, the pads seem fine... > Thanks, > John To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12cjh8vdg/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egro upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1070552108/A=1524963/R=0/*http://hits.411web.com /cgi-bin/autoredir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=395165057> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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