Ford Escort brakes

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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby Pc-Shark » Thu Sep 22, 2005 10:47 am

[quote]You effectively lose control with only
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby RichieB16 » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:07 am

no, because with only 2 tires locked, your rear tire still maintain traction to keep the vehical stable.

The rear do lock up.
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:13 am

Of course having done a bit of racing and rallying I can left-foot brake and balance the car through corners.
Personally I prefer rear wheel drive 'cos I like going sideways around roundabouts ;D
Oh and I had to replace the front discs. One of the pads had come off the base and vanished, so the backing plate had gouged a chunk and a half out of the disc ::)
However the new improved brakes are serious stoppers ;D
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby Jared » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:10 pm

Good to hear.. :) I never did like my little escort much, but that could be mainly due to the fact that it was 12+ years old when I started driving it....
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby Pc-Shark » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:46 am

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Personally I prefer rear wheel drive 'cos I like going sideways around roundabouts ;D
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Me to, I personally love doing a 180. You just can't do it with front wheel drive unless u wanna be gay about it & use the E-Brake ;D
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby C » Fri Sep 30, 2005 9:51 am

[quote]You mean you have brakes that work on an Escort?
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby Jared » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:39 pm

LOL! I didn;t have brakes on my old escort one time.... ;D
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby RichieB16 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:49 pm

LOL! I didn;t have brakes on my old escort one time.... ;D

Thats a scary thought.
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Re: Ford Escort brakes

Postby Jared » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:18 pm

Thats a scary thought.


sure was! ;)

my dad was like why didn't you turn where you were supposed to?

Umm I would have but my foots on the floor.. ;)
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