[Mgs] Moss Big Brake Kit

[Max Heim]

On a very warm afternoon last summer I experienced this phenomenon -- it was
a spirited run in the California coast range in the company of a couple of
911s and a highly modified BMW 2002 (it had a 3-series 6, among other
things). I was striving to uphold the honor of Her Majesty's automobiles,
and not doing too badly (one of the Porsches actually pulled over for me).
But on the downhill section the brakes faded rather badly (admittedly if I
wasn't being balked so often I would not have had to use them nearly so
agressively), so that I was very relieved to reach the bottom of the hill
via the tarmac (as opposed to airborne express).

But for general use I find they serve adequately. I can't even remember a
situation in which I had to get on them hard enough to lock up, which is
certaily not the case with my other car.

--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/4/07 1:30 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

> It probably *is* optimal - for an unmodified MGB, standard tyres and normal
> road use - with the possible exception of fade should one drive with gusto
> down a long mountain pass.  The best possible by today's standards?  Of
> course not.  But as has been said several times, and you seem to be
> ignoring, stopping performance depends on tyres and road surface more than
> it does brakes.  The biggest brakes in the world aren't going to make the
> slightest difference to your stopping distance if your car is shod with 155
> or 165 14s.  I'll say again, if *you* can't lock *your* front wheels (with
> standard tyres) with progressive pedal pressure on dry tarmac then there is
> something wrong with *your* brakes or *you* aren't pushing hard enough.
> 
> PaulH.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> So what I seem to be hearing is that the MGB brake system is optimal and
> there is no sense in seeking ways to improve it.