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Originally Posted by Deadhead
That is what I think too. If you have the old asbestos type shoes and good linings, the braking is pretty respectable as long as you are accustomed to it. I also use the trans liberally to help slow down. I want to try discs in one car, but The lateral deal with the 8-lug discs is not for me until I see something new and different. Too much margin for error. With the drums there is a lot more lateral strength built in.
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"With the drums there is a lot more lateral strength built in"
I sure hope it's enough. I don't intend to drive this way, but end up fooling around once in a while. I generally only do it on right hand turns or ramps because I can brace myself against the door panel and stay in the seat. I don't have that option on left hand turns. There's zero lateral support in the 62 - 65 seats.
I have taken both the G8 and 63 to a local show where I had a friend driving my G8 following me around a ramp, said he really was pretty well maxed out on that ramp and wouldn't have felt comfortable going any faster and he was behind me. He also commented how little body roll there was in the 63 going full tilt like that. I just hope the 8 lugs are up to it because nothing cornered like that back in those days on the tires from back in the day to test those drums.
The brakes however, I feel entirely comfortable with.