Re: Scientific brake testing?

Jun 27, 2003 4 Replies

Brakes - LandRover?........?que :-)



Regs



>
> >Do you know anyone at Gaydon
>
> Yes, we provide services at G-D... (well, shhh, the place "next
> door") - trouble is, I'm a little 'too' well known, and I want to save
> some favours for a latter date ;-)
>
> (also, see note below)
>
> Plus, getting on their 'puterised test rig would only be possibly by
> signing all kind of nasty documents, and then conducting the tests I'd
> like to look at doing at 5am...
>
> > - I assume that they have the necessary kit?
>
> And some!
>
> >I'll ask a few people I know at Solihull, but they are all
> >production people so it's a thin chance.
>
> Lode Lane is out of the question - I've asked someone who is pretty
> much 'up there', and he told me to, well, 'go away' really :-)
>
> >Do you know anyone in a brake manufacturer who would swap time /
> >assistance for publicity materials?
>
> Don't want to try that, for 'certain' reasons.
>
> >If you can accept a slightly less technological approach you could
> >approach someone in MoD. REME at Catterick certainly have a test
> >track (I drove all sorts of stuff around it as a student in 1990).
> >Brake testing was an everyday test, but not to the level of precision
> >you are looking for I suspect.
>
> Yeah, I'd thought about REME, and I know a couple of Officers who
> would really love to have a play, but again, I'd like to pay some hard
> cash - and not to get into favours. This is because I need an
> independent report from their test equipment which cannot be later
> challenged on the grounds of it being a 'mates thing'.
>
> >An interesting question though - what are you looking to measure? >
> Lots :-)
>
>
> Regards
>
> Martyn
>
> --
> Some Land Roveresque (101 biased), links available
> from:
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I also have a little Land Rover site biased toward> my beloved 101 "Grumble", at:
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> Reading this in alt.fan.landrover? Did you know
> there's a group FAQ:
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Not sure if this would be of any use :

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it ages ago, and just googled to find the site.Have a good read of what it can do... Also, I remember (from back when I was a sports car owner) seeing an article where the magazine in question compared its results to their equipment and were satisfied with how close they matched.

Andrew

-- SIII 88" | Member of Club Land Rover Ireland | |

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Kin eck, you may have found the answer!

Tally ho and bugger the horses...

I have bad memories of the place after myself and a colleague hacked all the way down their on what was ostensibly a sales call, only to spend 2 hours helping a guy with a project!

Still it woud be nice if _some_ good came of it!

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 '77 101FC Ambulance '95 Discovery V8i

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This unit is surprisingly cheap - for what it is.

I knew I should have put a 5.2L TVR build in ;-)

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