IML: More on Braking Distances

["Bob Schmitt" <BSBRBANK@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all -

Sorry to belabor this topic, but I found an 
interesting and probably objective report which 
includes braking distances.  It's the Michigan State 
Police testing a variety of vehicles considered for 
police work. The braking test is more than a single 
stop and the results are surprising.  The vehicle 
closest to an Imperial in weight is the Ford 
Expedition at 5400 lbs.  Its 60-0 average score is 
162.3 feet.  The only test result I've found for an 
Imperial is 185 feet (mentioned in my last email), 
which is about 50 feet more than the best test report 
in the MSI study (a Camaro).  The file name is:

msp2001bulletin.pdf

and you can search google to find it (and its link)

As all Imperial owners should know - keep that 
following distance "cushion" generous!

Now we need one or more owners to perform similar 
tests, ideally before and after a disc brake 
conversion.

Bob



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