[Mgs] Moss Big Brake Kit

[Larry Colen]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:10:35PM -0400, WSpohn4 at aol.com wrote:
# In a message dated 8/7/2007 10:27:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
# lrc at red4est.com writes:
# ____________________________________
# 
# Larry, you can't say that a stock braking system is  inadequate because you 
# can fade them in hard use - you have to give them a  chance to work and that 
# includes adding some cooling if you intend to  race.

I consider cooling as a vital and integral part of the brake system. 

# If you are driving an MGB hard enough to fade Porterfield  pads, either 
# change pad material or attend to some added cooling if that doesn't  work.

The porterfields are perfectly fine on the track. Some of the roads in
my area are much harder on brakes than racetracks. At sears point, in
an MGB with "stock" power, you only use the brakes in turns 4, 6, 7
and 11 in 2.5 miles, on Bear Creek, or parts of hwy 9 you'll use them
15-20 times in 2.5 Miles. They never get a chance to cool off.

# You can make up a quickly swappable set up using headlight  buckets with 
# screened covers and attachments at the back for plastic  and wire dryer ducting to 
# get some air down there.  Make sure you attach  the tubing properly near the 
# brakes as otherwise the tire will catch it and  you'll look a right twit as 
# you trail yards of unwound wire and plastic behind  you (don't ask me how I know 
# this).

If my car were track only, I'd do something like that.

# And I can't believe that MGB brakes are that much inferior  to MGA (although 
# the air flow will obviously be a bit different with the  different bodywork) 
# as I pitted for a guy that ran a quick MGB (man after my own  heart - ran a 3 
# main engine) in a 7 hour endurance race and never faded the DS-11s he used.
#  
# I use regular R4 Porterfields - what are you  using?.

The R4S, as I recall.

# In any case, it seems to me that adding a bit of air is  a much cheaper 
# solution to brakes that are too hot than spending $1400 on new  brakes, but that's 
# just me.....:-)

Yup. It's definitely more cost effective.


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