It’s been said that three of the biggest lies ever told are: “the check’s in the mail,” “this will hurt me more than you,” and “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Most performance enthusiasts would probably agree that the third one is the most applicable to our interests, after all the government hasn’t done many things to help the cause of hot rodding. However, there is arguably one example of the powers that be doing something useful and that was the implementation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105 that required all passenger cars have dual master cylinders as of January 1, 1968 (all domestic manufacturers got a head start and began installing them in 1967). The obvious value of a dual-circuit master cylinder is that the brake system is divided in half, so in
