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1. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:35:53 -0500 (EST); They are aluminium drums with a steel insert where the brake lining would ride on the drum. The aluminum dissapates the heat way faster than cast iron, so you would experience less pedal fade from ov; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00920.html (11,481 bytes)
2. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:10:43 +0000; You said something about converting the back brakes to disks, but this would not be good for a street car. Could you not employ the technique they use in a land rover, they have two brakes on each wh; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00924.html (7,806 bytes)
3. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:30:02 +0500 (EST); ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Out of curiosity, why not? It's worked for Volvo since the latter part of the 1960s, and most everything about the entry-level is so equipped nowadays. Seems t; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00925.html (8,365 bytes)
4. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:32:46 -0500 (EST); Yep, this is doable. I don't have either the time or the inclination, however. But not having an emergency brake for a street driven car is niether smart nor (in the USA at any rate) legal. The brake; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00927.html (8,458 bytes)
5. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:39:44 -0700 (MST); why wouldn't converting the rear to discs be good for a street car. I would think better braking would be good for any car. aaron; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00929.html (8,145 bytes)
6. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:40:21 -0500 (EST); Yep. But Volvo has used a separate drum brake for the rear (at least on the Volvo 145 that I used to work on). That rotor/drum thing was a substantial cost component when you had to do a major brake; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00930.html (9,707 bytes)
7. RE: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:47:17 -0000; You ar enot only upgrading the brakes but as well you are disturbing the brake balance. If you are not exactly knowing what you are doing, let the brakes alone. You not only put yourself at risk but; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00931.html (8,956 bytes)
8. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 08:57:29 -0800; ** While this may seem like a good approach, and as a "parking brake" may work in most situations, with the standard, open (or non locking) differential this would not work in a true emergency, espe; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00933.html (9,304 bytes)
9. Re[2]: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 9:05 -0800; Andy wrote: Seems to me a TR6 would be an ideal candidate as Bob suggested: bigger calipers/discs on front, adapt old fronts to rear, fiddle a bit with front/rear balance, and you're set. Worst probl; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00934.html (9,167 bytes)
10. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:36:54 -0500 (EST); Well, the bottom line is that in racing, you are at or near the "limit" and everything helps you cut the line a little closer to the limit is a little better. I would hope that driving on the street; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00935.html (11,495 bytes)
11. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:17:01 -0500; Since no one seems to be getting any work done today, including me, I will toss my hat into the ring... snip Any of us who drive cars with automatic transmissions know this one, locking the driveshaf; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00936.html (9,467 bytes)
12. Re[2]: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:46:42 -0600; Ross> The arrangement you described with the little drum Ross> inside the hub is exactly how Porsche solved the Ross> problem when it converted the 356C to 4 wheel disc Ross> brakes in 1964. The rea; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00938.html (8,830 bytes)
13. Re[2]: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 14:08:13 -0700; Ford Explorers use the same kind of setup,and its a common swap for solid axle drum to disk conversions on big 'murican cars but I don't think I could squeeze that 15" size rim into any of my Spits..; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00948.html (8,259 bytes)
14. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:48:45 -0600; You are correct. The hot e prod set up for the TR is to use Jag brakes on the front. Former National Champion Jack Wheeler cracked a rotor at Road America at the June Sprints a few years ago, and ha; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00964.html (7,902 bytes)
15. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:57:46 +1100 (EST); You sound much better informed than I, but I think you're being too general. I have what were sold to me as "racing pads" on my TR7. They only take a few minutes of normal driving to come up to temp; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00968.html (8,213 bytes)
16. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:50:19 -0800; Years ago I had a Land Rover 88. This truck had a hand brake on the prop shaft. The only thing this brake did was make smoke when used while under way. My tranny rear seal was bad and filled the drum; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00993.html (8,570 bytes)
17. TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 23:16:58 +1300; Hallo chaps (trying hard to sound engliah) Triumph fiddled about with inboard discs on MK1 (rally??) cars, With them bolted between the diff/halfshaft coupling and the calipers mounted back onto the; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg01003.html (7,849 bytes)
18. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:29:56 -0600; Isn't this how XK-E's are setup. I have a friend with a 67 E type roadster that is setup this way. -- Roger Helman 71 TR6 CC67866L Digimation Inc. http://deepthought.digimation.com/rogerh/ New Orlean; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg01018.html (8,551 bytes)
19. Re: TR6 upgrades (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:53:45 -0500 (EST); I am purposely being general. I'll restate: racing pads on the street are a bad idea. That having been said, I'll be a little more specific. By the way, I am hardly an expert on brakes, so anyone can; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg01020.html (9,664 bytes)

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