Thanks for the MGA kingpin info, Mark. I am blind copying the vintage race groupo with my reply, as they may have some useful comments. I broke one kingpin racing at Spokane in the 70s, and replaced
I'm relatively happy to see disc brakes on production cars that would have had drums, and I consider putting them on to be a safety item, only if they are period fitment in style. My thinking is that
It also requires even nerves. I ran a dead stock TR-2 once at a track (Westwood in Vancouver), that was demanding of brakes. After 2 laps I basically had very little braking left. A Triumph is one of
After racing my F/P MGA for a couple years with knock-off wires and drum brakes, a broken kingpin (busted at Waterford when I ran off the road during a race) gave me a good excuse to buy a parts car
They certainly had the option available. Disc brake kit p/n H.8249. Whether these were ever factory installed may be in question, but they were a listed racing option. BTW, SCCA allowed spindles, bea
Oh come on now.... Back In the Day, no one objected to that. Then again, it may be because they didn't have "sissy cars" with power vented disk brakes and sticky tires. I thought the whole point of
Roger, One item that the 100S often had that was not a listed "production" item was the alloy cylinder head. This was not allowed on SCCA cars and was primarily used when the cars were run as "protot
Hi gang, I can add a bit to this. I have a Devin SS with the same setup. The MGB hubs/spindles will not fit at all on the MGA kingpins. Everything (kingpin and all) must be substituted to work on the
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