Unexpected acceleration
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Manheim Pennsylvania
Respectfully disagree. In my Stingray (and pretty much any modern near-stock sports car that I've owned) if I have my foot on the gas 100%, and then stomp the brakes as hard as I can, my car will brake VERY hard and VERY quickly slow down.
If your 500hp engine can overpower the full application of your Corvette-sized brakes, you need to have your brakes checked -- something is definitely very wrong with those brakes.
This situation has the same feel as all those sudden-acceleration claims of the past. After all the investigations, in no case could the engine overpower the brakes.
I'm not attempting to bash the OP, just saying that I (as well as any investigators on any unintended acceleration case I could find published) can determine any reasonable path to the series of events described -- namely, "functional brakes unable to overpower full throttle acceleration". If you have any links to any such evidence to the contrary (anecdotes <> evidence), I would be genuinely very interested to read them.
Possible Explanation: Maybe the OP is stating he had an "unintended acceleration" event AND his brakes failed at the same time? That's the only way I could see it happening.
If your 500hp engine can overpower the full application of your Corvette-sized brakes, you need to have your brakes checked -- something is definitely very wrong with those brakes.
This situation has the same feel as all those sudden-acceleration claims of the past. After all the investigations, in no case could the engine overpower the brakes.
I'm not attempting to bash the OP, just saying that I (as well as any investigators on any unintended acceleration case I could find published) can determine any reasonable path to the series of events described -- namely, "functional brakes unable to overpower full throttle acceleration". If you have any links to any such evidence to the contrary (anecdotes <> evidence), I would be genuinely very interested to read them.
Possible Explanation: Maybe the OP is stating he had an "unintended acceleration" event AND his brakes failed at the same time? That's the only way I could see it happening.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Las Vegas NV
I have never tried full power and attempted breaking the car to a full stop. Sure be interesting! Thinking the outcome will depend on exhisting conditions; temperature, road composition, road debris/contamination etc. Stands to reason the wheels that are not powered will slide before the engine driven ones. Also driver anxiety durring the emergency has to be factored in as well.
