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Re: TR6 upgrades

To: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
Subject: Re: TR6 upgrades
From: Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:32:46 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "janssen, lee k" <lee.k.janssen@lmco.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, James wrote:

> You said something about converting the back brakes to disks, 
> but this would not be good for a street car.  Could you not 
> employ the technique they use in a land rover, they have two
> brakes on each wheel, and one on the prop shaft, this is the 
> hand brake.  I'm sure you could manufacture something like this. 

Yep, this is doable. I don't have either the time or the inclination, 
however.

But not having an emergency brake for a street driven car is niether 
smart nor (in the USA at any rate) legal.

The brake on the drive shaft is an okay idea though.

> -- 
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
>

rml
Carmine TR6 driven by a nutcase.
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