Drew
The early cars had a single line split at the 4-way union with no
proportioning valve. You can graft the complete brake system from a later
car if you want or you can just do the drums to disk conversion and leave
everything else alone (What I Did).
If you go to the later dual line system it does require some reworking of
the mounting hole. The later brake box is shorter and wider.
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Griffith <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
To: 'Christopher Palmer' <ctp@gbn.org>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: 13 January, 1999 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: Disc conversion
>I've got a question regarding the earlier single brake line cars that
>originally came with front drums... When the front brakes are converted to
>discs should a different proportioning valve be used when running a
modified
>engine? Do these early cars even use one? My '62MKII seem to only use a
>"4-way" union.
>
>Thanks,
>-Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Palmer [SMTP:ctp@gbn.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 11:29 AM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Disc conversion
>
> Technical note -
>
> Many don't realize that the rear brakes on any car provide only
>around
> 30-40% of the braking force applied. In a car as light as a
>spridget, for
> street use, drums are plenty on the rear.
>
> ctp
>
>
> At 9:30 AM -0800 1/13/99, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> >On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Neesham, Ted wrote:
> >
> >> I would like some comments on a conversion of drums to disc. I
>realise the
> >> later Sprites had front discs, but any suggestions for all round
>discs?
> >
> >Not many people do this, because the Spridget is extremely light in
>the
> >rear. Discs on the rear won't give you much if any improvement in
>total
> >braking.
> >
> > Ulix __/__,__
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