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Old 09-26-2013, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by blykins View Post
There's a big difference between a car with power brakes suddenly losing vacuum and a car with manual brakes.

Guys think that driving a car with manual brakes would be like the time the engine died in their Yukon Denali and they didn't have any brakes.....nowhere near the same feeling.
I agree! The biggest difference is the brake pedal. For power, the brake pedal has about a 4.5-5:1 ratio. For manual it's about 7:1. I think that's the real key. If the ratio is too small, your right leg has trouble creating enough force to stop the car well.

I'v never had power brakes on my car. I can out-brake almost any other car on the track.
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