>===== Original Message From "Dean Dashwood" <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com> =====
>Gang,
>
>Installing servos will not improve the performance of your braking, it will
only
>mean that you require less pedal pressure to get the same performance.
>
>Personally, I find the stock brakes on a Spit more than adequate - with
effort,
>I can get them to lock up at 30mph on a dry road. Improving them any more
will
>only make them lock up easier. Of course, this doesn't apply if you're
racing
>your Spit - in that case upgrading to GT6 brakes would probably be
worthwhile,
>IM(V)HO.
>
>Dean
>------------
>
>
>
>Right you are, Jeff. Didn't think about that. Anybody ever run one of those?
>I don't know much about them. Do they rob some power?
I agree Dean, that the Spitfire brakes should be adequate and adding a assist
feature would be less than necessary. I think my biggest concern is immediacy
of braking, which increased pressures won't fix. The big change I need is
better shoes (brake shoes, my floor boards are now solid...) and SS lines.
This would do the trick, although a bias valve would be nice to slip into the
system somewhere...
jim
>
>Tom Shirley - Chattanooga, TN
>http://www.geocities.com/baddogracing/
>
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>To: Tom Shirley <tshirley@vol.com>; James F. Libecco <jfl@neoucom.edu>
>Cc: Spitfire List <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 2:09 PM
>Subject: Re: master cylinder exchange
>
>
>> How about those brake servo kits that I see being advertised in some of
>the
>> catalogs? Doesn't that in effect, provide you with "power" assisted
>> braking?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Jeff in San Diego
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