Bill,
Do you have the part number(s) for the wildwood calipers? They would be
legal for the race series that I am racing in.
Thanks, Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
To: R. John Lye <rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu>; jaboruch
<jaboruch@netzero.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: Front disc brakes
> I'd like one, though I already have Wildwood ultralight calipers. I
probably
> will need to do something that seems a little more legal.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R. John Lye [mailto:rjl6n@server1.mail.virginia.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 4:07 AM
> To: jaboruch; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Front disc brakes
>
>
> At 02:49 PM 2/17/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Do any of you know of any affordable conversions?
> >Ted Schumacher had once suggested that rotors from a Toyota pick-up
> >would fit, but I would still need to find calipers.
>
> I've written a Tech article for the VTR magazine describing this
> conversion. It uses Toyota pickup front calipers, which are very
> easy to find rebuilt at most auto parts stores. These are four
> piston calipers, with much larger pads. The conversion retains
> the Triumph solid rotor, however. If you'd like, I can send you
> a copy of this article.
>
> John Lye
> rjl6n@Virginia.edu
>
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