Hi, Albert.
I'm glad it's for racing; the rear drums on my B lock up quite easily on the
road!
Working from memory, Jaguar S type, E Type and XJ and Rover 2000 rear discs
are all inboard and impossible to fit to a live axle.
I don't know if anyone does a kit but there are many modern cars using
outboard rear discs with handbrake facility; with some trick machining (and
a limiter!) it should be possible to make one of these sets fit...
VW Golf/Scirocco
Rover 200/400 series
Ford Sierra (not all models)
Any one of a number of imports, e.g. Japanese, German, Italian...
Most, if not all, are single cylinder 'Colette' type calipers with a lever
actuated eccentric cam to work the handbrake.
Just two points. Some cars (Volvo, Vauxhall/Opel/GM) use handbrake shoes
that operate inside the 'top hat' shape of the disc - could be tricky for
space on a B. Also, Bendix rear disc setups - Fiat 124, Renault Alpine and
Matra - use a plunger handbrake with bellvill washers to act as a return
'spring'. Happliy, you probably won't be able to find any of these because
they are a pain in the a**, for leaking, seizing, causing brake pull and
generally being useless.
Dave Hill
'72 BGT
Former owner of Fiat 124 Coupes, Matra Bagheera...and a Jaguar-based Cobra
replica with a hydraulic handbrake (tsk!)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Aeseeyou@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:13 PM
Subject: 4 wheel disc brakes
> A question for the list;
> I know that MG made a 4 wheel disc brake setup for the Twin Cam MGA car.
And
> that a few left over MGA Twin Cam Chassis were made into MGA Deluxe
Models.
> But are there any 4 wheel disc brake set ups made for the MGB? Does MOSS
or
> Victoria British offer any? I would prefer to buy a complete set up to
have
> everything right there in front of me. Or would the Disc brakes from a
Rover
> 2000 swap over? I would like to put 4 wheel discs on my 1978 MGB this
winter
> so I can race it this Spring and Summer 2002. -=Safety-Fast=-
>
> Albert Escalante 1978 MGB; 1957 3.4 litre (Mk.I) 1977 XJ-6L; 1985 XJ-6
(not
> running)
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