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Re: TR7/8 Brakes on an MGB?

To: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: TR7/8 Brakes on an MGB?
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 22:00:44 -0400
Cc: MG V8 List <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>
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Reply-to: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
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Larry Hoy wrote:
> 
> Hmm, I sent this yesterday but didn't see it arrive at the list, I'll try 
>again.
> 
> Can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> I think I read in the V8 newsletter that the TR7/8 calipers fit on the MGB 
>with
> just a small modification to the back plate.  True?  Anyone know which
> newsletter issue?
> 
> Do the TR7/8 brake pads fit in a standard MGB caliper?
> 
> Which pad has more friction material surface.  Standard MGB, MGB V8, or TR7/8?

  This is a TOTALLY incomplete opinion, but I have a pair
of brake pads for a TR7 in my junk box and they are tiny.

  It's likely that the TR8s were larger, but the TR7s were
certainly not an upgrade.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
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