Bob:
I have the Sunbeam rear wheel cylinders on my TR6 and noticed a difference
from the stock. Worth the $30 option in my opinion. Just make sure you
adjust as I put them on and tested without doing so and they locked up when
brake applied. Good stuff!
Also, a friend of mine has the Toyota four pot calipers and did not notice
enough additional stopping power over stock setup.
For what it's worth. Hope to see many of you at the VTR in Valley Forge.
I'll have my yellow 75 TR6 (Miss Molly) ready for the show. The Florida
contingent is on the way via the Blue Ridge Parkway!
Jim Henningsen
Maitland, FL
75 TR6 (CF35914U) Now with Triple ZS and Kingborne Header
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:09:05 -0400
From: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
Subject: [6pack] TR6 Rear Brake Upgrade
Bob Lang just tipped me off to an easy brake upgrade for a TR6. Just drop in
Sunbeam Alpine (.750 bore) or Morgan (.875 bore) rear wheel cylinders and
you can get a pretty significant increase in rear wheel braking. Then I
found this article ( http://www.turbo-tr6.info/tr6_brake_install.html )
which addressed both Bob's suggestion and the Toyota 4 pot front calipers.
My question is the price difference for the rear wheel cylinders for OEM
(Morgan $150 each Rebuilt S/S) and after market ($30 each Alpine). That is a
HUGE price spread. I don't mind spending more for quality but that seems a
little much....so to speak.
Anyone have any experience with these and why the huge price difference?
Thanks
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org <http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/>
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