Providing you can lock the wheels (without putting your back out!) when you
press the brake pedal it doesn't matter whose or what type of brakes you
have (unless you need additional cooling for race purposes or driving down
ski slopes). You have sufficient. What matters is the grip between the
tyres and the road surface (the co-efficient of friction) and it is this
interface where your braking distances alter. Given the same weight
transfer any distance reduction has nothing whatsoever to do with the brake
type.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
To: "Freese, Ken" <Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com>
Cc: "Healey forum" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 caliper conversion
> It is not the swept area that matters for brake force, but the total
> piston area. This should be about the same or larger in the modified
> situation. If not the rear may brake away to soon because of rear wheel
> lock up before the front wheels will block.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> Freese, Ken schreef:
>> Something else that might interest some is converting to Toyota 4 piston
>> calipers. Those are less than $40 each and the swept area is greater. I
>> don't
>> know the exact speed that the converter tested at, but the distance was
>> reduced by 20 feet.
>> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-conversion.shtml
>>
>> Ken Freese
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