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> A Type 3 won't overheat the brakes except in a
> racing situation.
> (My personal opinion T-3's are not competitive
> today)
Exactly my point! I think we could make them
competitive. NASCAR, here we come -- Type 3
invasion!!!
> 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.
>
Exactly right. You get most stopping power from your
tire/road interface just before lock up. If you are
unable to lock up the wheels, you most likely are
unable to reach the ideal pre-lock up status. Wider
tires (larger contact patch area), smaller brakes will
cause this to happen. Antilock brakes are essentially
the "GUI interface" to braking -- soccer mom friendly.
If you know your car and its braking behavior
in all conditions, then it will be better than
anti-lock braking. This, however, is unlikely the case
given the innumberable tire/road interface conditions
(snow, ice, black ice, accellerating, turning, cold
tires, hot tires... yada yada...)
My two points are good rules of thumb (aka, sweeping
generalizations) that will work for most people. If
you can't lock 'em, your brakes are too weak, but...
and heat you will only encounter in racing and
repeated deceleration situations, like mountain
driving, etc.
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