Originally posted by Todd TCE:
Actually it was no joke at all. Weight over the rears will most likely allow the rears to do more work and the car 'hunker down' a bit more as it won't nose dive. You might be surprised. Granted, it's not altering fluid pressure which seems to be your desire.



I understand that more rear weight would allow the car to nose-dive less, and put more weight on the rear tires, allowing the rear tires more traction. This would mean there is an opportunity for more work from the rears, but without a brake change, how will they actually do more work? The same amount of pressure will be applied to the pads, and we are assuming that there is no tire slip. This seems to indicate that the rears will not do more work with more weight on them.

I'm not asking questions to prove you wrong, I'm asking because I don't think I understand. I really want to find out how this works, since you seem to be reputable.

-Philip Maynard '95 Contour [71 STS | Track Whore] '97 Miata [71 ES | Boulevard Pimp] 2006 autocross results