Better Vixen brake shoes
Discussion
I am looking at brake shoe options as I am in the rear brake area now as part of my S3 Vixen rebuild. To make the most of the drum setup, I have looked at what appears to be available, with Moss selling standard and uprated shoes, while Cambridge Motorsports sell uprated sets and their Mintex lined shoes are only £30 more than the Moss uprated shoes. Have other owners on here gone with uprated shoes or maybe not felt there is a need for it, that standard shoes are fine? I only intend to use the car on the road but like most people would drive in a spirited manner if the road and conditions allowed for it.....
I find the standard rear shoes are fine for fast road / light track use. I'd just make sure the shoes, drums and cylinders are all in good condition, setup and working correctly.
Also increasing rear braking performance should be balanced with increasing front braking performance as you won't want rears locking up before the fronts under heavy braking.
Unless you're doing something extreme, I'd leave the brakes standard. In my experience they're more than capable for the weight and power of a lightly modified Vixen.
Hope that's helpful.
Moto
Also increasing rear braking performance should be balanced with increasing front braking performance as you won't want rears locking up before the fronts under heavy braking.
Unless you're doing something extreme, I'd leave the brakes standard. In my experience they're more than capable for the weight and power of a lightly modified Vixen.
Hope that's helpful.
Moto
Sometimes you also see Vixen with rear rotors/discs, is such kit easy to install and are there plug and play kits for TVR Vixen's to buy, or ?
Just wondering if you want to upgrade the rear, even if its maybe not really a upgrade in a lot cases? although you then also need to have a handbrake caliper extra, or build in the main caliper, I believe I've seen such also, although that was not on a TVR, but I thought hey, thats handy, a brake caliper with build in handbrake in one, so you would not need a second extra caliper for the handbrake system.
Just wondering if you want to upgrade the rear, even if its maybe not really a upgrade in a lot cases? although you then also need to have a handbrake caliper extra, or build in the main caliper, I believe I've seen such also, although that was not on a TVR, but I thought hey, thats handy, a brake caliper with build in handbrake in one, so you would not need a second extra caliper for the handbrake system.
General advice appears to be to stay standard then. At least that is the cheapest option though which is a bonus. To that end: Moss seem to be short on stock for TR6 brake spares generally, going by their website. An ebay item I have found though for a full axle brake service kit is well priced but need to confirm with them what wheel cylinder bore they are supplying and how their linings are fixed (following advice here).
I assume the NOS Granada pads mentioned here are front pads and I assume they fit the standard calipers? On the strength of another older thread within the TVR community, I have got hold of some P5 Rover V8 calipers that are three pots and supposedly fit straight on, so will look at their suitability for the front brakes after finishing at the back end.
Adrian@ said:
No, Granada pads will not fit straight on, as the pin sizes would be different (you need to double check, you can drill/file to suit)...IMHO buy new ABS quality pads which will be better than NOS. A@
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