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On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 04:49, sg wrote: > > it's your car. But you should understand that you're > > only doing it for the > > "bragging rights." > > > > Two reasons to upgrade brakes: > > 1) heat from repeated deceleration A Type 3 won't overheat the brakes except in a racing situation. (My personal opinion T-3's are not competitive today) > 2) you are unable to lock up the wheels You don't want the wheels to lock. You have lost control if the wheels quit turning. That is why the modern cars have anti-lock brakes. Check your wheel cylinders if you think there is a problem. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org