Superformance Brakes (or not)

[01yelrt]

When the brakes are applied very hard the rear of the car unweights and there is very little weight on the rear tires. If the rear wheels lock on hard braking at 70 mph the car would likely swap ends braking from 130! It sounds like you have a favorable brake bias setup at this point. It is always SAFER to have the rear brakes a bit less effective than to have them lock the rear tires when all the weight is on the front of the car and have the back end pass the front as you approach the corner. I agree that at some point if you are being rediculus you could OVERBRAKE all 4 corners and flat spot all 4 tires even when the bias is correct. You don't really want to find that point on a car that is not a dedicated track car. It is excessive to say the least. If you can lock the front tires at 70mph you have plently of brakes to drive the car on track and have a great time safely! You may be surprised to find that the fronts will not lock so easily if you begin to run a race tire with more grip. Glad to hear you have you problem SOLVED! Go out and have some fun.