[DeTomaso] rear brake options?

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/24/10 12:51:10 PM, rob at dumoulins.net writes:

> I added the manual proportioning valve and two gauges too (see pic), but 
> came to realize that I don't need the valve after all and my fronts are 
> always getting full pressure. That is when I starting thinking that if I 
> improved the backs, I could switch the valve to step down the backs instead of 
> the fronts.
> 
Exactly! Remember, if the wheels- either front OR back- can be locked up in 
a full-effort panic stop, you don't need bigger brakes. You need more tire 
on the locking-end to take advantage of whats already there! Then with 
bigger tires, you can continue the iteration process (bigger wheels & tires vs 
even bigger brakes) until you run out of money.....   
Incidently, I m obviously not the first to think of the gauges first; that 
came from dirt-track Sprint-cars and the Factory Manual for my '92 MR2 
Turbo; the factory adjusts this little mid-engined GT's brakes by line pressure 
specs! Nice job on your gauge panel- J DeRyke.