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racinemg
Dan Root
Leawood, KS
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02/05/2008 12:37PM

Main British Car:
The Racine

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will wood brake conversion
Posted by: racinemg
Date: June 24, 2008 01:09PM

Does anybody have any good comments about the will wood brake conversion for MGB?


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
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10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: rficalora
Date: June 25, 2008 06:47PM

Wilwood is highly reguarded by most. I'm not aware of a kit for MGB's direct from Wilwood, but Bill Guzman (www.classicconversionseng.com) & others have kits for the front. I'm not aware of a kit for the rear if you have an MG tube (or banjo for that matter) axle.


3.5mgb
william pociengel

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06/27/2008 11:58PM

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: 3.5mgb
Date: June 28, 2008 12:14AM

rficalora Wrote:
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> Wilwood is highly reguarded by most. I'm not
> aware of a kit for MGB's direct from Wilwood, but
> Bill Guzman (www.classicconversionseng.com) &
> others have kits for the front. I'm not aware of
> a kit for the rear if you have an MG tube (or
> banjo for that matter) axle.

I'm working with an engineer & a machinist and should end up with an autocad drawing that uses the same rotor size as the kit Guzman sells. This will use the wilwood caliper with the built in hand brake on the rotor, not the drum brake.

I'll let you know if it works or not, but it better 'cause I got about $2.5-3k into the brakes. so far ;-)
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rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
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'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: rficalora
Date: June 28, 2008 06:47AM

Not sure how you got that deep into it William. Now that Wilwood has a caliper w/ebrake provision (vs. the type that uses the internal drum on the rotor), seems like all that's needed is a bracket that bolts on @ the axle flange?


3.5mgb
william pociengel

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: 3.5mgb
Date: June 28, 2008 11:09PM

nope 'cause you forgot you need a hat to align the rotor to the caliper. so unless you make your own hats you'll need to move the caliper one way or the other (in or out). I'm moving in towards the differential. That is the caliper I used. I could have welded it but I wanted a bolt on system.

I guess you haven't priced out wilwood parts recently have you ;-)


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
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Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: rficalora
Date: June 29, 2008 09:52AM

you're right, i wasn't thinking about the rotor offset. i was assuming the use of some OEM type rotor though. There are plenty out there with minimal offsets vs. the 2-3" you get w/the Wilwood hats (the black anodized ones anyway). But, you do save a lot of weight with the Wilwood aluminim hats!

Back to your original question Dan, are you looking for front/rear or both?


racinemg
Dan Root
Leawood, KS
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02/05/2008 12:37PM

Main British Car:
The Racine

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: racinemg
Date: July 01, 2008 05:17PM

Thanks for the info, gentleman, I was thinking about front & rear discs. Now that there's nothing left to do on the Racine, I'll probably start picking apart by adding heavy-duty brakes, shocks, etc. I sure wish I'd have known about this web site 8 years ago! It sure would have helped! I figured out & invented a lot of stuff on my own only to find out that it's very common and there are kits you can buy. Thanks again.



BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: July 02, 2008 12:46AM

Well Dan, a lot happens in 8 years. Back then a good bit of what is now available hadn't been done yet. Your car is very impressive.

Jim


rficalora
Rob Ficalora
Willis, TX
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10/24/2007 02:46PM

Main British Car:
'76 MGB w/CB front, Sebring rear, early metal dash Ford 302

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: rficalora
Date: July 02, 2008 08:59AM

Now there's an understatement!! :)


YoungGuy
Jarrod Hills

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09/10/2008 06:40PM

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Re: will wood brake conversion
Posted by: YoungGuy
Date: September 11, 2008 08:53AM

I have the kit that you get from Moss. 4 pot calipers and drilled and slotted rotors with ss lines. Very impressed with the machining and fit and the stopping power is impressive. I am setting up a Tilton pedal box and will let have pictures up once that is done, probably in a month or so.


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