[Mgs] Moss Big Brake Kit

[Max Heim]

Actually, I find slower traffic in front of me makes me work the brakes
harder, as I have to apply them earlier, harder, and longer than I otherwise
might. Left to myself, I can back off, compression brake and let them cool.
But following an RV down a grade can force you to keep the brakes on pretty
much all the time.

In the situation I mentioned, I was running up on the bumper of the Porsche
on every curve, forcing me to brake early. 911s prefer to enter curves
slower and exit quickly; the B can scrub off a little speed in the curve...


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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 5:44 PM, Aaron Whiteman at awhitema at panix.com wrote:

> 
> On Aug 4, 2007, at 5:28 PM, Max Heim wrote:
> 
>> 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).
> 
> I too have experienced this.  In my case, it was a warm for the
> season spring morning, in the company of two Hinckley Triumphs (by
> invitation).  I didn't have to keep up really, just not fall too far
> behind.
> 
> I was doing rather well for the upper part of Rattlesnake grade, but
> that whole bit about stomping on the loud pedal until you have to
> brake, then brake hard, let go, stomp loud again... Rinse and repeat
> several times a mile makes brakes unhappy rather quickly.  I smelled
> them before they really started to fade.  If your MG hasn't
> experienced brake fade, you haven't found the right road.
> 
> I kept up with the Thunderbird, I never had a chance of staying
> anywhere close to the Daytona.  That bike toyed with me for 300 miles.
> 
> Actually, I recently experienced some fading again, California 1 from
> US-101 to the coast is a hell of a road, but it'll sneak up on you
> too.  I suspect the only reason I didn't suffer fade on the Redwood
> Hwy was the RV in front of me.