Mike,
We are running the old aluminum rear drums with standard
Spridget brake hardware in the rear and Hawk "Black" in the front on my
son's car. What rear shoe material works best in the rear? Even if it
gets some gear oil every once in awhile.
Regards,
Tom Speed
www.MGRacer.com
'76 Midget (Son's Restored Driver)
'66 Midget SCCA Racer (SpeedRacer)
'84 Chevy S-10 (Tows SpeedRacer)
'98 Eclipse Spyder (Wife's Driver)
'98 Chrysler Town & Country Lowered Floor Conversion Van (Tows Me)
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From owner-spridgets-mod at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets-mod@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mike Gigante
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:58 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Improving Brakes
In all seriousness, just get good disk pads (Hawk Carbon/Kevlar
Street compound as an example, or EBC Green stuff for the street),
replace your rear drums 'cause they are probably undersized, get good
brake shoes, adjust the rear brakes, and you will not need any of this
stuff.
I run a standard, well adjusted setup with good materials and on the
track I can outbrake other spridgets with similar sorts of exotic mods.
I'm talking of some of the meanest tracks on brakes too (1 mile
straight,
40mph hairpin, some little esses followed by 3/4 mile straight and 40mph
esses then 50mph corner onto main straight again -- yes it is a dinky
track I know, but is the hardest on brakes)
By choosing the right compound, I don't ever have fade problems.
I used to run a cortina disk brake conversion, but I have removed it
and gone back to std brakes for both racetrack and special stage
rallies.
Mike
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