[Healeys] 1959 100-6 front disc brake conversion

Michael Salter michaelsalter at gmail.com
Fri Nov 28 08:05:35 MST 2014


Hi Peter,
I should still have enough parts to provide a complete set of Girling 14
calipers and mounts..
If they are of please contact me.

Michael S
BN1 #174
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?cat=10

On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
wrote:

> Chris,
>
> I did a conversion job on my 100/6 a few years back. Two things turned out
> to be
> crucial (i) was balance and (ii) was purpose. The advice that I received
> was
> that for fast road work rear disks and front drums were preferable so that
> the
> greater braking was applied to the driven wheels. For rally or other
> similar all
> round disks were fine but it was again critical to ensure the balance.
>
> I rebuilt mine with for fat road and occasional rally and hill climb and
> it was
> fine on everything I used it for including track and hill climb. I would
> also
> advise that you look at the suspension set up as a whole to ensure that it
> can
> handle the extra braking well. If I recall I ended up with stiffer shocks
> and
> bushes and an anti-dive bar.
>
> Peter
>
> On 26/11/2014 19:13, Chris Scholz wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am looking for advice on converting my front drums to discs. Keeping
> my wire
> > wheels. Any vendor?  I see some use Willwood discs. Who makes the
> brackets?  I
> > will also have rear discs with a narrowed after-market rear end and have
> to
> > figure out some kind of proportioning valve.  Thanks.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
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