[Tigers] rear disc brake

[Theo Smit]

I would guess that one could do some careful parts-bin engineering and end up with a rear drum setup that weighed significantly less than any equally effective rear disc setup. Datsun 240Z's came with aluminum rear drums (still with the cast iron liner, of course) and it would not be a huge effort to adapt the backplates so that all that stuff would bolt right on. You would probably even get automatic adjusters in the bargain. But rear discs have that certain je ne sais quoi... 

Cheers, 
Theo 



From: "Michael Wood via Tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net> 
To: "owain lloyd" <owain.lloyd at gmail.com>, "Clyde Mclaughlin" <clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com> 
Cc: "tigers" <tigers at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 2:27:39 PM 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] rear disc brake 

I've often wondered about the "need" to go to rear discs on the Tiger, as the front brakes are asked to do pretty much all the work on our cars. I've never had issues with the rear drums in very hard use (with decent high temp linings). The fronts did require some work ;) 
Mike 


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From: Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd at gmail.com> 
To: Clyde Mclaughlin <clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com> 
Cc: Tiger Talk List Tiger <tigers at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Wed, Nov 2, 2022 1:05 pm 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] rear disc brake 

What’s wrong with drums? Just fed up of adjusting them? 


Il giorno mer 2 nov 2022 alle 16:43 Clyde Mclaughlin < [ mailto:clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com | clydemclaughlin618 at gmail.com ] > ha scritto: 



has anyone recently tried the fiat 124 rear conversion, most things I have read were from years ago. my interest is in maintaining use of 13" wheels and I have a set of the fiat caliper/brackets..and car is used for street use only, limited auto cross 
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