Larry,
let me clarify, what I mean..
The standard disk brakes themselves are 'over engineered' for a car the size
and
weight of the sprite, however the mechanical advantage of the brake pedal
itself
is less than desirable. What the car needs is really a better master cylinder
set up, or a brake booster to give it better pedal feel, and less effort. Just
putting the 'big brake' kit on, won't help the car stop any faster/shorter, and
if you brake too hard, the wheels are just going to lock up anyway, and there
isn't any advantage in that - these cars are just too damn light.
- Bryan
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>, <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
>Subject: Re: Big Brake Conversion.
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>I for one don't buy the argument that Spridget disc brakes are "more than
>adequate". In my opinion they are barely adequate on a stock Spridget.
>
>Anytime you decrease your 0-60 time I think you need to also decrease your
>60-0 time.
>
>Larry Miller
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>; <Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 9:52 AM
>Subject: Re: Big Brake Conversion.
>
>
>> Drew,
>>
>> I did a disk brake conversion on my bugeye, but I'm still using the later
>midget
>> brakes, however, I do have 'cross drilled' rotors. I'm sorry I can't help
>you
>> with the Big-brake conversion, and I wish you luck if you have your heart
>set on
>> it, but I should add, that the standard disk brakes are much more than
>adequate
>> on our car. The only thing that is the problem is the pedal pressure
>required.
>> You can always add vacuum assist brake booster, if you want to reduce the
>pedal
>> pressure, or, you could try converting to a later brake master with a
>smaller
>> diameter. The smaller diameter will require more pedal travel, but since
>you no
>> longer need a clutch master, you can probably fit any brake master you
>want in
>> the existing pedal box. I also like your idea about 'dual line' brakes out
>of
>> the orginal master, however you would need to fabricate some kind of
>linkage to
>> actuate both pistons simultaneously from a single pedal, and that might
>not be
>> the easiest thing to do.
>>
>> Regards - Bryan
>>
>> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>> >Subject: Big Brake Conversion.
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>> >All right you guys... that's enough crap about my engine conversion!
>> >
>> >My real intent was to find out your experiences with the big brake
>> >conversion, the one that uses Spitfire disks & MGB calipers. Has any one
>> >done this and what kind of problems did you have??
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >-Drew in San Jose.
>>
>>
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