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1. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Mike <Michael_Gee@telus.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 11:42:21 -0800; Hi, Thanks for your reply. In another email I explained that when the cars were designed they were intended for the street not the track. The brakes were sufficient for ordinary purposes. However, wh; /html/vintage-race/2001-12/msg00003.html (7,864 bytes)
2. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Jim Hayes <hayes@mediaone.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 22:04:32 -0500; Well, if you want to see the ultimate in vintage product updating, see the Morgan Aero. The factory website s one of the worst I have ever seen for readability, however. http://www.morgan-motor.co.u; /html/vintage-race/2001-12/msg00011.html (7,201 bytes)
3. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Mike <Michael_Gee@telus.net>; Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 19:52:20 -0800; Here are two main reasons why drum brakes would be out of place on a circuit: http://www.tpub.com/basae/170.htm Excessive water and heat. On several occasions in my chequered past I have seen drum e; /html/vintage-race/2001-12/msg00012.html (8,516 bytes)
4. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Doug Meis <s800racer@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:17:16 -0500; All Spitfires, Sprites, TR2's, 3's & 4's either had front disc brakes as stadard equipment or the option of front discs since at least 1967. Are you saying this is not safe and new drivers should hav; /html/vintage-race/2001-12/msg00017.html (7,531 bytes)
5. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: TMHEFFRON@aol.com; Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:23:44 EST; Re: Disc's or Drums Auto racing of all kinds was done from the turn of the last century to slightly past mid-century exclusively on drum brakes. Historically, just about 50 years on all drum system,; /html/vintage-race/2001-12/msg00027.html (7,952 bytes)
6. Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Mike <Michael_Gee@telus.net>; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:31:06 -0800; Thanks to all of you who caught me on the XKE brakes. My memories are now clouded with the residue of Castrol R However, that was not the purpose of my comment. I mentioned the special tracks with a; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00247.html (7,223 bytes)
7. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:12:23 EST; It would seem from the responses that few drivers have experience with tracks of such fierce elevation change that drums become a decided liability. I'm I am somewhat ambivalent on this issue. While; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00248.html (8,027 bytes)
8. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: Tombread@aol.com; Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:13:13 EST; Can one argue that with respect to vintage racing, one should drive within the original performance constraints of the car? If you want to race BallsTo The Wall, buy a USAC midget or at least go SCCA; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00250.html (7,005 bytes)
9. Re: Discs or drums (score: 1): Author: JAshburne@aol.com; Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:23:44 EST; There is a place for what you are proposing, and it is in the SCCA Production I know, because I just saw the H Production runoffs at Mid-Ohio on Speedvision and it was full of "Bugeye Sprites" and "M; /html/vintage-race/2001-11/msg00251.html (7,712 bytes)

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