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TR6 Excelent super brakes

Last post 06-05-2009, 10:14 AM by skikir. 0 replies.
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  •  06-05-2009, 10:14 AM 19746

    TR6 Excelent super brakes

    I don't know what else to subject this question.  I've had three TR6s.  My first 1970 had brakes that were to die for.  When I first took it for a test drive back in 1982 I skidded to the first stop sign and thought "Oh, power brakes!"  It was not that they were bad but they were just strong.  After the first stop I got used to them and just thought that's the way they were.  I actually had a trailer hitch put on the car and pulled my sailboat with it and never felt under braked.  I took a trip over to Reno, Nevada from Eugene, Oregon for the Reno Air Races.  While there the booster/servo diaphragm popped and when I would come to a stop the engine would die.  I disconnected and kinked the vacuum hose and ran it that way all the way back to Oregon through the mountains and until I could find a good used servo.  The brakes were stiff but not bad for no power assist and didn't feel dangerous.  Over the years I rebuilt the master cylinder and I think I replaced the pads, but not sure anymore but they looked like they were stock calipers.

    Well I got married and of course the first thing to change is the car and we got a "respectable" one.  It was not long before her Karmen Ghia convetable became the garage queen and the respectable Mustang convertable became her car and I was stuck with the van or motorcycle.  I started to pine for another TR6 which was located and bought. To make a short story long I now have my third TR6 which I have put fancy cross drilled rotors, creamic pads new calipers and new master cylinder and upgraded Morgan rear wheel cylinders.  I have driven a couple of other TR6s and none of them have brakes anywhere near as good as that first one. 

      I just wish I could figure out what made those brakes so great.  I know the guy I bought it from had been using it for road racing and upgraded the sway bars but that was all I knew about.  They were strong, controllable and had good feel.  If anyone out there has a white TR6 with a fiberglass fender, 14 inch turbine style wheels last seen in Eugene, Oregon with a trailer hitch, let me know will you?