Help me slide my Scirocco better...

[Decker" <boisfort@myhome.net (Decker)]

Buy a Quaife!!! Power out of the corner ( slower in snow ) best traction
dry, wet, or snow I've ever had.

Brian Decker
1979 Scirocco  8 V Audi 1800 and a V-L six speed conversion with Quaife


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <maardak@yahoo.ca>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:10 PM
Subject: Help me slide my Scirocco better...


> I'm practicing my left foot braking techniques in all this snow we've
> had around here this winter, and it's come to my attention that this
> practice is probably wearing the hell out of my front brakes.
>
> Here's what I would like:  an LED mounted on my dash that would light
> up when my BACK wheels are locked up.  That way I don't end up mashing
> the brakes too hard to achieve rear wheel lock up - which, in turn,
> would require more throttle to keep the fronts spinning...  It would
> speed up the learning curve alot, I usually feel like I'm over-applying
> the brakes...
>
> Any ideas on a cheap/clever way to achieve this?  I have friends who
> could help me build simple electronic circuits, so feel free to get
> technical...
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
> Mark.
> 80 S
> 81 S