Re: Rear bias adjust?

[Jeff Donnelly <jeff@bewired.com>]

Graydon:

I have an adjustable proportioning valve and like it.  I started it on full
rear and adj more ft bias in.  I have the car setup so the fts lock up ever
so slightly prior to the rears.  On track days I add more rear bias due to
the greater weight transfers that I experience on the track.

It works for me.

Jeff

little before the rears.  For track days I dial in meAt 05:35 PM 3/15/99
-0500, you wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Greg Johnson wrote:
>
>> I'm running UFOs, with CarboTech pads (part carbon fibre) on 16in
>
>Where did you get the pads?  How expensive were they?
>
>> Avus style wheels.  DanS's mechanic  set the brake bias all the
>> way to the rear (don't ask me how to do this, 'cause I don't
>
>This is an interesting point.  The guys qwith the lava machine in the 
>Midwest have a brake bias valve (like race cars use) and they use alot 
>more rear bias than the factory.  It seems to make very good sense to me 
>on a car with a locked middle diff, sincethen the braking effort at the 
>rear wheels would contribute to the braking at the front.  With an open 
>or Torsen diff in the middle though, I'm not sure it would have the 
>same effect.
>
>	Any words of experience?
>
>Later,
>Graydon D. Stuckey
>'91 V8 Quattro 5-speed
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Factory/8023/index.html
>
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