Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:32:52 -0500
Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From: Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject: Re: Free limited slip differential. Was: Locking differential..?
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Yeah, I had a 58 Karman Ghia convertible with roll bar and all I
modified for autocross back in the early 70's, and I bought a
hydraulic system for it and was NEVER able to get it bled
properly. I'm sure I did several things incorrectly, but cable
stretch was a problem with the individual handles for sure. My 60
beetle with the Corvair cylinders jammed into the 40 hp block had the
cable system in it and it did do some good in the snow and was a hoot
in the parking lot donut competitions(non SCCA sanctioned, of
course). It was always a challenge to determine which wheel was
spinning and which lever to activate. The autocrosses these days
don't seem to have those 270 and 360 degree spins around pylons like
they did in the 70's and the ones up here in Iowa seem to favor short
elapsed time courses and wide open throttle runs. Seen some that
had 39 and 40 second ET's as opposed to the 2-3 minute runs of years
ago. No matter, I couldn't afford a competitive car these days
anyway. Maybe the solution is to have a Hobby Stock or Claim Stock
class(like the local stock cars tracks used to do) where you race an
old car with the stipulation that if someone wants to buy it for
$1000, you have to sell it to them at the end of the race. OOOpps
getting off topic here.......I see some Hail Mary's in my future.....
DM&FS
At 12:35 AM 3/9/2009, Zeitgeist wrote:
>I installed cheap turning brakes on my old '73 VW Thing. They consisted of
>levers that attached to either side of the emergency brake lever...so, that
>when you were losing traction with the power wheel (right side), you'd pull
>up on that lever and shift power over to the left side. Worked sorta OK,
>but was limited by cable stretch and general play in the whole setup. A
>hydraulic arrangement would work much better, I assume.
>
>On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Poppie Jagersand
><poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca>wrote:
>
> > In the military terrain driving education we were taught to
> > use the brakes as a way of balancing motor power. On
> > the 4x4 (or 6x6) many times applying limited braking
> > at the same time as power would help negotiate a challenging
> > terrain.
> >
> >
>
>--
>Casey
>'87 300TD
>'94 100CSQ Avant
>'89 Bluestar
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