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Re: High Performance Brake kits

To: "Mo and Dave MacKay" <m.d.mackay@sympatico.ca>, "Mailing List Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: High Performance Brake kits
From: "Philip E. Barnes" <peb3@cornell.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:26:46 -0500
At 1:50 PM -0500 4/1/03, Mo and Dave MacKay wrote:
"In scanning the Moss USA catalogue, I noticed that they offer a High
Performance Brake kit with slotted, cross-drilled rotors  that they claim
is compatible with TR3A through TR6."

>From what I have read about these sorts of kits, they are more cosmetic
than anything else, at least for street driving. You'll find more
improvement by changing over to a stainless-braid hose and experimenting
with different compounds in the pads. If you find that heat is a real
problem (as evidenced by fade), then slotted/vented/cross-drilled rotors
will help. Oddly enough, better tires will offer some improvement in
braking as well.

Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
'71 TR6  CC61193L (26 year owner)

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