And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That looks like an FIA approved pedal box. If you crash with your foot on the brake pedal and it is pushed backward because the firewall bends (or the master cylinder gets pushed backward) during the crash it will break your leg. The pedal box is attached to the floor pan which is much stronger so the chances of injury are reduced. Al_in_Ottawa
This is from the Gordon Murray-designed McLaren F1. Even the pedals were branded with the F1 logo and the aluminum was anodized with McLaren-orange color.
That looks like an FIA approved pedal box. If you crash with your foot on the brake pedal and it is pushed backward because the firewall bends (or the master cylinder gets pushed backward) during the crash it will break your leg. The pedal box is attached to the floor pan which is much stronger so the chances of injury are reduced.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Coulda used this setup in my '72 VW Beetle
ReplyDelete"Why 2 brakes?", asked the millennial hipster doofus.
ReplyDeleteRedundancy?
DeleteSo you can alter the brake balance between the front and rear brakes. Two brake cylinders and a balance bar between them.
DeleteThis is from the Gordon Murray-designed McLaren F1. Even the pedals were branded with the F1 logo and the aluminum was anodized with McLaren-orange color.
ReplyDelete