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V6 Midget
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
(1337 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Drum to disc conversion
Posted by: V6 Midget
Date: October 21, 2008 12:32PM

One of our local big Healey owners (100-6) has a car with disc wheels (Minilites) and drum brakes. He wants to convert the front to disc brakes and keep his disc wheels. Anyone know what is involved and where he can get parts or a kit? It appears from the Moss catalog that the hub is the same for both disc and drum brakes, but I'm not sure if that's the case. Thanks
Bill Young
KC


pfordt
Patrick Trumbull
1/2 way betwixt Sacramento and Lake Tahoe
(6 posts)

Registered:
08/27/2009 03:24PM

Main British Car:
1957 bn-4 5.7 sbc

Re: Drum to disc conversion
Posted by: pfordt
Date: August 27, 2009 03:27PM

I am in the same situation, sbc 100-6 with drum brakes and solid wheels. Better brakes would be nice and bleading twin leading shoe drums sucks.

Anyone?

patrick


jim
jim begor
brushton ny
(31 posts)

Registered:
12/30/2009 08:59PM

Main British Car:
59 sprite gm 3.1 5 speed

Re: Drum to disc conversion
Posted by: jim
Date: January 25, 2010 10:36AM

did you try looking in the napa brake illtrated parts guide it list brake rotors by size bolt circle off set and mount type to find a rotor that close and go from there i have the 2009 guide email me with some sizes and ill look
jbegor@twcny.rr.com


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
(1337 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Drum to disc conversion
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: January 25, 2010 02:25PM

Update. We found out that the hubs are different, fortunately I was able to put my friend in touch with another Healey owner that had done the same conversion and had hubs machined from scratch. He had a spare set which he later sold to my friend. So we have the hubs, the discs are easy to source, it was the hubs that were so rare.


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