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Originally Posted by John Stone
I was stuck for a couple hours up the hill from the accident. A couple of observations. The slant had what appears to be a borg-warner overdrive, did free wheeling enter into the problem? Also, when I went down the hill, I had my car in low gear and still had to hit the brakes to keep the engine together.
Anyway, the meet was great. We had a good time but are glad to be back to the flatlands.
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John,
I agree that freewheeling most likely made the problem worse.
Even if the car had cast iron drums, the lack of compression braking certainly overheated the drums. Having 5 people on board also compounded the problem.
Stock steel drums if oversize would not last long before they got too hot to have any effect.
I learned back in 60's on mountain roads to gear down and save the brakes. I only drove 40,000 miles on back roads and mountain jeep trails so other's experences might be different.