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Re: MGB Calipers

To: <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MGB Calipers
From: "Chris King" <cbking@alum.rpi.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:07:18 -0700
I thought in the print article they mentioned that the spridget and B
shared the same bore on the M/C so it wasn't an issue...

Chris King 
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/ 

 <-----Original Message----->

                 From: David Lieb
Sent: 10/4/2006 10:51:13 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGB Calipers 

> Yes they machined the ears to center the caliper over the Spitfire 
> rotor. I suppose if you use the tapered rollers you'd have to machine 
> even more. 

The part that got me was that they couldn't justify having done this 
other than to say that they wanted bigger brakes. They freely 
admitted that the stock disk brakes were up to the job, but they 
went ahead and added unsprung weight to the front suspension 
anyway. They said nothing about any modifications to the MC to 
compensate for the greater volume of fluid needed for the bigger 
brakes, although I think that could be an issue on a Spridget. 
David Lieb 




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