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Old 09-06-2018, 10:44 AM   #44
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Re: Why is drum to disc called an upgrade?

Growing up, my first car was a 1965 Dodge Dart. Leaning tower of power, 3 speed OTC and 4 wheel drum brakes with a single reservoir master cylinder. Cars like this to a young kid will either 1: Get you in all kinds of trouble in rainy Oregon, or 2: Teach you to drive in a very thought out and decisive manner. Coming down off of a local mountain,(the steep type, cut originally for logging trucks) I learned of something new to me called brake fade.....it wasn't fun. The non syncro 3 speed wasn't much help either. We made it down safely but I paid MUCH more attention to situations like that. Disc brakes to me are definitely an upgrade if for nothing else besides keeping that from happening again.
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