<div dir="ltr">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.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:51 PM Theo Smit <<a href="mailto:tsmit@shaw.ca">tsmit@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>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...</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Theo</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><hr id="m_-6078896265587018061zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Michael Wood via Tigers" <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>To: </b>"owain lloyd" <<a href="mailto:owain.lloyd@gmail.com" target="_blank">owain.lloyd@gmail.com</a>>, "Clyde Mclaughlin" <<a href="mailto:clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com" target="_blank">clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"tigers" <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 2, 2022 2:27:39 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Tigers] rear disc brake<br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">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 ;)</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">Mike<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Owain Lloyd <<a href="mailto:owain.lloyd@gmail.com" target="_blank">owain.lloyd@gmail.com</a>><br>To: Clyde Mclaughlin <<a href="mailto:clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com" target="_blank">clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Tiger Talk List Tiger <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: Wed, Nov 2, 2022 1:05 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Tigers] rear disc brake<br><br></div><div id="m_-6078896265587018061yiv4210337393"><div><div>What’s wrong with drums? Just fed up of adjusting them?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr">Il giorno mer 2 nov 2022 alle 16:43 Clyde Mclaughlin <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" href="mailto:clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com" target="_blank">clydemclaughlin618@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div id="m_-6078896265587018061yiv4210337393yqt14978"><div dir="ltr">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</div></div>
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