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RE: MGB/Spitfire Brakes

To: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: MGB/Spitfire Brakes
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:41:28 -0500
Reply-to: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
To all -

Nuts, I got it backwards.  Steve's right, it's the Spitfire rotors and the MGB 
calipers, not the other way around (DUH!)

New rule.  No e-mail untuil after I've had a cup of coffee.

Chris Kotting
ckotting@iwaynet.net
'77 Midget (and a sheepish grin)

On Monday, February 23, 1998 10:42 PM, Steve Obert [SMTP:sobert@snet.net] wrote:
> The conversion involves using an adapter or replacement hub to mount a
> Spitfire rotor then using a MGB caliper which bolts on in place of the
> Sprite caliper.  It is available form Mini-Mania and The Winner's Circle.
> 
> As this is a high performance conversion it would normally be used without
> the splash shield.  The splash shield holds heat in the rotor and is not
> benificial from a performance standpoint.  I have run both Pro-Rally cars
> and street cars without the splash shields and have never missed them.
> 
> 
> At 08:41 PM 2/23/98 -0500, Tom Shirley wrote:
> >Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
> > 
> >> Question #3
> >> Anyone out there done the MGB/Spitfire brake conversion?  Does anyone know
> >> if the Spitfire backing plate will work on the Sprite?
> >
> >I must have missed this. Can someone fill me in on this conversion? What
> >are the advantages, parts required, etc.?
> >
> 

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