Re: your brakes are shot :-)

[ScottyCBoy@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-10-04 23:00:26 EDT, you write:

<< rtainly it would be more difficult to stop
 a car urnning full in 2nd.  I trust, however,
 that you didn;t really test this very well.
 You did keep your wits and turn off the key,
 no?
 
 Grant
  >>
It is impossible for a street car to out accelerate the brakes.  Even the 911
Biturbo with 400+ horsepower has about 1,500 horsepower of braking
capability...A Yugo with a sixty horsepower engine has about 500 horsepower
worth  of brakes...