Exactly!  Its written and edited by regular people which is its strength and
its weakness.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  so that's why wikipedia has slightly not 'perfectly thorough' stuff on it
> !
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
> *To:* Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> *Cc:* vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:02 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Re: RE thread on brakes, Dot3,4, etc.(long post)
>
> I haven't written the Wikipedia article yet....
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> it's either.
>> whether from a brake fluid issue, or friction material issue.
>> what does Wikipedia say ?
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake de Villiers" <
>> crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: RE thread on brakes, Dot3,4, etc.(long post)
>>
>>
>> You're right Allan. Brake fade is caused by the layer of hot gases between
>>> the friction medium and the rotating surface.
>>>
>>> Boiling fluid is, uh, boiling fluid!  =)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice write-up, however I always understood "brake fade" to mean the
>>>> heat-related loss of friction, not the boiling water/fluid phenomenon.
>>>>
>>>> Allan
>>>> --
>>>> 1991 Vanagon GL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jake
>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>

--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
Crescent Beach, BC
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27