Re: emergency brake, for disc brakes. ( was: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines )

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<x-flowed>I know the VW Mk.III (Golfs and Jettas, '93-'99) use this method.  In 
the Bentley it's said to adjust the rear braking bias due to additional 
weight (passengers, luggage, etc.) but, yes, weight transfer during 
braking would do the same thing.

   Toby Erkson  --  air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
   '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta ~ WIP, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
   http://www.icbm.org/
   Portland, Oregon



James Montebello wrote:

> ...Some cars have employed dynamic proportioning
>
> valves to handle this, sometimes very simply.  Many
> FIATs with solid rear axles had a lever arrangement
> with a link to the prop valve attached to the body
> above the axle.  When the body rose away from the axle
> (as it will under braking), the prop valve reduced the
> rear brake power.  The more the body rose, the less
> rear braking power there was...

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