Oliver,
I have an old article with some road test data for a TR4. The article is
actually a comparison between a stock TRY and one prepared for racing.
If you'd like a copy of it, I'd be happy to scan it to a .PDF file and
e-mail it to you (it won't be until Monday though).
Kurtis J.
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4
CT19389L
www.geocities.com/tr4_1963
> Hello everyone,
>
> Been a long time since I posted, but am now finally back to playing with
my
> TR4. It is a 64. I was wondering about improvong the braking capibilities
on
> it. I was reading the 4 piston caliper swap at
>
> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-conversion.html
>
> Everything was clear and seemed pretty good till I got to the performance
> figures.
>
> With stock calipers they say it takes 262 feet to stop from what I am
> assuming is 60mph. WHAT??????????????????????
> How can this be? I checked the numbers in the latest issue of C&D and they
> show any of the jumbo SUVs and 4x4 full size crew cab Pick ups capable of
> stopping well under 200 feet from 70mph. Am I missing something here? How
> can it be? I was planning on doing some major brake revisions to make it
> stop on a dime. Is it the tires or the rear drums or what?
>
> While I'm on it, does anyone have any old road tests on TR's in old mags
> like R&T or C&D? I'm curious as to how they and other cars of the time may
> have performed as well. Think I will have to hit a few of the auto swap
> meets and pick up some old mags when I get a chance.
>
> Thanks
> Oliver
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