Drew,
I did a disk brake conversion on my bugeye, but I'm still using the later
midget
brakes, however, I do have 'cross drilled' rotors. I'm sorry I can't help you
with the Big-brake conversion, and I wish you luck if you have your heart set
on
it, but I should add, that the standard disk brakes are much more than adequate
on our car. The only thing that is the problem is the pedal pressure required.
You can always add vacuum assist brake booster, if you want to reduce the pedal
pressure, or, you could try converting to a later brake master with a smaller
diameter. The smaller diameter will require more pedal travel, but since you no
longer need a clutch master, you can probably fit any brake master you want in
the existing pedal box. I also like your idea about 'dual line' brakes out of
the orginal master, however you would need to fabricate some kind of linkage to
actuate both pistons simultaneously from a single pedal, and that might not be
the easiest thing to do.
Regards - Bryan
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Big Brake Conversion.
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>All right you guys... that's enough crap about my engine conversion!
>
>My real intent was to find out your experiences with the big brake
>conversion, the one that uses Spitfire disks & MGB calipers. Has any one
>done this and what kind of problems did you have??
>
>Thanks,
>-Drew in San Jose.
|