RE: Braking effort/distribution There are two factors here that can be confused. First is the distribution of braking force from the brake system of the vehicle. The distribution of braking force, front vs rear wheels, is controlled by the design of the brake system in the vehicle. No matter what you do, that remains the same regardless of speed or how hard you push on the brake pedal (unless designed to not have a linear response to pedal pressure). The second factor is the load distribution at the wheels during braking. That does change depending the dynamics of the situation and can result in all kinds of loads at the wheel. The part of this discussion that started this thread was talking about the braking system itself, not the dynamic load distribution during braking. |
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