Re: Brakes on 1988 90?

[smarinel@Flint.Mines.Colorado.edu (Steve Marinello)]

>On Thu, 23 Feb 1995, Steve Marinello wrote:
>
>> Can there be some significant variance here with the Repco's?  Otherwise,
>> why do so many of us love them and sothers have such horror stories? 
>> Unpredictable when cold??? Not here in Denver...Scary when wet??  They
>> wern't in Alabama thunderstorms when I lived there, on the TQC, my Alfa
>> coupe, or the Volvo Turbo Coupe that I had...  And I never had any problems
>> on my modified FIAT in California either, but of course, it doesn't EVER
>> get cold or rain out there.
>
>I just thought of something.  My 4000S has drums on the back.  If the 
>Repco's weren't heated up much in the front, the rears would be able to 
>compensate for the lag time in the front.  Maybe you guys with 4-wheel 
>discs would notice it more than me.  And, as a general rule, I do brake 
>pretty hard most of the time.  Unless my girlfriend starts to bunch her 
>butt up on the passenger side and her nail begin to dig into the dash...
>                        ---Bob

The TQC and the other cars are/were all four wheel discs.

Steve