<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Vehicles leaving the factory have to meet certain braking > distance standards, I doubt many conversions could meet them > in their GVWR-plus status. At least with trucks there's a > chance you can beef up the brakes to the next-heavier version's > model...
On the Tour de Sol one of the tests was for braking distance. I had no trouble meeting their braking distance (dependent on speed of course) in my 4200 lb S-10 (weighed with a few hundred pounds of gear in the bed). I can lock up the brakes as well with a solid stomp (including the emergency brake). All I did was add an electric vacuum pump, turn the drums and rotors, put in new pads, and a few other things - nothing too special. It is amazing though, after braking from 30 mph to turn into my driveway, the rotors are HOT. Think of all that wasted energy! Seth want regen!! -- QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION My EV page, with lots of photos and a 25 page conversion journal. Check it out! http://members.fortunecity.com/electricityboy My EV Album page http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html
