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On 10 Feb 2005 at 16:48, Toby Erkson wrote: > 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. And so did the Dasher. > 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... -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~