XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.tech   
   From: kevyNOSPAM@netins.net   
      
   "hls"  wrote in   
   news:DMGdnVZK6rC8KJ_WnZ2dnUVZ_vGdnZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
   >   
   > "dsi1"  wrote in message news:5eqMm.20048   
   >> I doubt there's much validity that vacuum assisted brakes were   
   >> required because of the advent of disk brakes. My first car, a 67   
   >> Barracuda had drums and vac boost, as did most cars of the time. That   
   >> one had a tiny V8 - a 273! Of course, today that would be a large   
   >> engine - 4.5L. :-)   
   >   
   > Power assist brakes, as I said, became luxury items.  They were not   
   > absolutely necessary on drum brake cars, but certainly made braking   
   > effortless.   Finally they found their way onto almost every car.   
   >   
   > Disc brakes on large American cars, without power assist, can be   
   > monsters.   
   >   
   > It is just the way things evolved.   
   >   
      
   unfortunatly your a moron. the brake peddle effort is easily controled   
   by the brake peddle ratio. it can have high or low effort with or   
   without power assist. power assist was simply a sales gimmic just as it   
   is today. the only reason for power assist is to shorten up the peddle   
   travel.  get your facts right and go away.  KB   
      
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