Honda Car Forum

On 25 Oct 2005 23:40:01 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:

>Dean Dark <ddrake@comcast.notthis.net> wrote in
>news:gvetl1heis8fqbsuubeeiq3401uoto7lbn@4ax.com :

>> It's the brakes you have to watch out for. I put a monster motor in a
>> 1970 Malibu fifteen years or so ago. It still had the original drum
>> brakes, front and rear. I quickly got reminded that it's just as
>> important to be able to scrub speed off quickly, as well as put it on.
>
>You haven't felt bad brakes until you've experienced unboosted drums
>all-around.

That's exactly what I had on the Malibu. Four drums, no booster
(servo). Scary, with 300-odd horsepower.
--
Dan.

"Dean Dark" <ddrake@comcast.notthis.net> wrote in message
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> On 25 Oct 2005 23:40:01 GMT, "TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>
>>You haven't felt bad brakes until you've experienced unboosted drums
>>all-around.
>
> That's exactly what I had on the Malibu. Four drums, no booster
> (servo). Scary, with 300-odd horsepower.
> --
> Dan.

It was a '67 Chevy Biscayne (cheapo Impala) for me. I recall descending a
long shallow hill and pressing both feet full force on the brake pedal for
several minutes until it finally drifted to a stop on a semi-level place.
Even without fading the brakes just wouldn't lock up - talk about poor man's
anti-lock brakes!

That was a memorable car. It had a 6 cyl "Turbothrift" engine and 2 speed
"Powerglide" transmission. I recall it did a whole lot more thrifting and
gliding than turboing and powering.

Mike