[Tigers] rear disc brake

[Jay Laifman]

I agree that drums are fine and that people over state the benefit of
discs.  For me, it was simply because my self adjusting versions were a
disaster.  I did everything I could to get all new parts, install
correctly, etc., and they just never worked right.  So I thought I'd go
with the discs on the Alpine for the why the heck not.  I just haven't
gotten to it yet.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:51 PM Theo Smit <tsmit at shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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 <
> 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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