I never noticed any problem with the ballance of the brakes. My
old series IV with the stock booster and BF goodrich T/A Radials
(BR60-13) under hard braking would lock the rears first and with just a
bit more presure, the fronts would lock. This is EXACTLY how I would
want it. Way too many modern cars (without real ABS) will lock the
front long before they lock the rears, if ever. This is especially true
on front wheel drive cars. At least this has been my experience with
them. The worst was a Subaru Wagon that I had. It was a model just
before their ABS was available. It was simply a scary car to drive down
a steep hill in the wet. To make it even worse, the E-Brake worked on
the front ! Never again !!! I long for the perfect balance that My
Alpine had. It was so predictable. BTW, This was with those Repco Semi
metalic Pads that I used.
Rich
> ----------
> From: A.G.Whiteford(at)gcal.ac.uk[SMTP:A.G.Whiteford(at)gcal.ac.uk]
> Reply To: A.G.Whiteford(at)gcal.ac.uk
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 1997 3:11 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Anti-lock brakes
>
> The SAOC "Alpine Guide" has an article featuring a relatively simple
> upgrade to front calipers. It uses more modern Girling calipers and
> their
> (larger) pads from a Ford Cortina mk 4/5. I don't know the USA
> equivalent
> Ford.
> You need to change the unions on the brake pipe to a metric ones and
> use
> metric front hoses, otherwise it's a straight-forward bolt on job. the
> author claims that brake balance is greatly improved. I'm planning to
> do
> this one day on my Ser 3 rebuild.
>
> If I couldn't lock the brakes, I would also check for internal
> swelling in
> all flexible brake lines, and maybe replace the fluid. Servos seem
> more
> trouble than they're worth.
>
> BTW, I can definitely recommend the "Alpine Guide"- lots of excellent
> articles on all aspects of Alpine running and restoration, (even
> servos!).
> It complements the WSM well.
>
> Anyhoo, back to the welding :-(
>
> A.G.Whiteford(at)gcal.ac.uk (Andy Whiteford)
>
>
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