Steve
You are of course absolutly correct. Thanks for correcting me.
Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Obert <sobert@snet.net>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: MGB/Spitfire Brakes
>>> The adapter does act as a spacer so the track is wider but off the top
>of my
>>> head I can't say how much.
>
>The adapter acts as a spacer to the rotor only it bolts to the BACK of the
>hub. The Spit rotor is pretty shallow and the Sprite is deep so the
>adapter just positions the Spit rotor about where the Sprite rotor was.
>Absolutely no track increase.
>
>The Sprite rotors are pretty thin so the conversion makes sense for any
>heavy duty work. I don't personally believe that you can over brake a car.
> You can always go to softer pads etc., but having fought with cars that
>had marginal brakes in the past the conversion is going onto my car even it
>is basically a street car. I am still trying to scope out a rear disk
>setup for the car.
>
>BTW the adapters are actually quite simple it wouldn't take someone with a
>lathe long to whip up a set.
>
>While we are talking about conversions and such, anybody have any ideas for
>front coilover conversions?
>
>
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