Rear Z Drums

[Ron Earp]

. Here was a suggestion I heard that seemed to me to be a BAD idea.

Put a proportioning valve in the front circuit in order to crank DOWN the front brake pressure. Hence, giving LESS front brake (bad in my view) but more rear bias (the intended result).

I think that is a Super Bad Idea.

The result is that you've not actually increased the absolute rear brake effectiveness at all. It remains the same. What you've done is increased the relative rear brake effectiveness in relation to the front by reducing the front effectiveness. Since the fronts are doing most of the work, your stopping distances are going to increase.

I'll not be party to rigging that one up for you, but if you do it I'll video you from BEHIND going into turn 1!

Steve or anyone else, what do Carbotechs look like? Any distinguishing marks? I've got lots of shoes with the Z spares kit, I just don't know what any of them are. And, since the ones on the car seem to be made from Everlast I've not really looked at the spare shoes in any detail.