Running without rear brakes.

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I have a friend who has the rear brakes pulled off of a couple of his cars. He tried it on one of them as an odd idea of a "free mod" to remove unsprung weight, and has seen no problem running without them.

Has anyone here done this? Is it a really dangerous idea or what? He hasn't had any trouble, but if it came down to it and he needed to stop in a hurry I wonder if he's miss them. How much do the rear brakes really do?

Any thoughts?

 

95BlueStallion

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If nothing else I think your rear brakes kinda keep your rear tires from trying to out run the car when you need to stop in a hurry... I wouldnt do it. Brakes are a good thing to keep IMO.

 

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dumb idea

 

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silly

 

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That’s got to be on the top five list of the easiest mods to turn your car into a DEATH TRAP.

 

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cheap linelocks. haha.

i wouldn't do it personally. alot of bad drivers out there that if they cut you off and you need to stop real quick your SOL and you end up with your back end in front of you.

 

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Wow that sounds stupid. Plus you'd have no e brake.

Maybe for a track only but not a street car.

 

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Just for the record, I agree with you guys. I think it is a bad idea. Just the thought of having half of the brakes that the vehicle is intended to have makes it sound terribly dangerous. I was just wondering if this was something that was done often or if he was the only person who tried it lol. Also, I wasn't positive how much the rear brakes really contributed, but I'm sure whatever they contribute is a lot better than nothing when you need to bring the car to a stop quickly.

Like I said, for the record, I'm not doing this to my stang lol, just curious what others thought and if anyone had any experience with it.

 

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I drove my car from my house to the dealership where my dad works (6mi) with no rear brakes. pretty sketchy...wouldn't recommend doing it.

 

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And there's likely to be a huge liability issue if he's is an accident.

 

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toyman said:

And there's likely to be a huge liability issue if he's is an accident.

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That's a really good point!

 

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This is a bad idea, been there done that 20yrs ago. I've driven a newly purchased car, the rear brake line failed shorlty after I left the seller's house, without rear brakes to get it home. It was a $300.00 car so I wasn't going to complain. It was fun for a couple minutes, the ability to do a Prostock type burnout with an anemic I-6 Fairmont was cool but that was it. Things get very scary under anything less than ideal conditions and oh if you apply the brakes whilst turning a corner, the rear end can and likely will swing around very rapidly, not cool at all. Stopping in a straight line UNDER NORMAL circumstances was uneventful, but a panic stop would have caused the car to swap ends.

 

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From what I've heard everywhere, front brakes do 75% and rear 25% of the braking. So they're certainly NOT useless on a vehicle and probably keep the car steady and in a straighter line under heavier braking....nevermind the rear brakes are the Emergency Brake so I hope he carries wedges!!

 

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remember: acceleration is optional, but stopping is manditory

 

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Front brakes do most of the stopping. Rear brakes keep tjhe car straight.

 

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Its bad enough most mustangs stop terrible as it is, now lets remove half its braking ability, isnt that a great idea. I tell you that guy should be paying darwin royalties.

 

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This has to be the funniest thread I have viewed in a long time!!!

I can see the guy turning the corner and braking hard then the arse end swings around like a burnout but no burnout (except the guy behind the wheel) ..bystanders that don't get swept up in the 2 ton street sweeper scratching their heads. Meanwhile the back end passes the front end and pulls it into a double "axle" spin? :SNSign: