aaron wrote:
a booster won't increase the braking capacity of your car, it will only make it easier to push the pedal though. A full recoed, and well working braking system in a mini, and most old cars have a pretty solid pedal. Most new cars have a booster already, but if it didn't you would be hard pressed to press the pedal. try is one day. park your new car on a hill, turn it off and then start rolling. brake, then you will know what it is doing. the brakes will doo the same job, you just have to do more work. Kinda like power steering.
Cheers
Aaron
Exactly aaron
and with my driving style i'm begining to wonder if there is enough room in a 10" rim to get the braking capacity i need!
Doc, to increase braking power, you primarily need to increase the surface area in which your pads touch yr disc. A booster will require you to put in less force to brake, but the major advantage of it is the all important, particlularly in an emergency, reaction time.
After doin some research, and with the help you you good folk on this site, i have decided it's too **** expensive to upgrade at the mo,
...so will sadly
leave it till i have the cash to put a 1275+ in. Particularly since the van has a tired old dry(hard) rubber suspension...
...Which would need an upgrade to accomadate the driving style that goes with the extra performance(i.e. Fanging hard round corners!!!))
Thanks again
>>Falcon
