just realized most Cobra replicas do not have power brakes Wow

[WardL]

Another what I got is the best??? All SPFs have vacuum boost brakes. If I try coasting down a hill with the engine off the brakes won't hardly stop the Cobra. I would guess the SPF Wildwood disks and pads are set up to work with the vacuum boost system. If you didn't have a vac boost, you would have to have a different rotor/pad set up. Wish someone here actually knew the significant differences between the two systems other than what I got is fine.... Without a vac boost do you have more unsprung weight? Is the vac boost system cheaper for SPF to install? Yeah, I want power steering too.

[fordracing65]

Originally Posted by WardL

Another what I got is the best??? All SPFs have vacuum boost brakes. If I try coasting down a hill with the engine off the brakes won't hardly stop the Cobra. I would guess the SPF Wildwood disks and pads are set up to work with the vacuum boost system. If you didn't have a vac boost, you would have to have a different rotor/pad set up. Wish someone here actually knew the significant differences between the two systems other than what I got is fine.... Without a vac boost do you have more unsprung weight? Is the vac boost system cheaper for SPF to install? Yeah, I want power steering too.

I blew through a stop sign when my engine stalled in my SPF because the brakes cut out, thank GOD I was on a road in the middle of nowhere...

[blykins]

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.

[bobcowan]

Originally Posted by blykins

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.