Thanks Steve,
Much to think about and get straight before acting, I'm sure.
I remember a teenaged panic stop in Dad's first S1 E-Type, I stood on the brakes and instinctively made a steering input at the same time but then took it out knowing it was the wrong thing to do. After the long slide backwards towards our famous 8-10 inch near vertical curbs, the car stopped short and was undamaged, I restarted and got out of the traffic unscathed. Well I'd always thought it was all me and I'd must've made the Jag get unsettled with my mishandling. Fast forward 40 years and my brother-in-law swaps ends with his very well sorted SII E-Type and under very similar circumstances except he was going straight as a string and the upset was all about the rears breaking loose because of the brake bias. I went out and practiced on a skid pad (airport ramp, upsetting the airport manager no end) and found it was **** near impossible to modulate the brakes in an attempted threshold braking stop and unless you just got lucky you would lock the rears and directional control was iffy at best. Dave was sure his other 5 E-Types acted the same he just accepted it and told of two or three other instances of the same type. I was pretty sure I suck as a driver, but dave is an accomplished FF racer and he had the same results. My MGB isn't near this weird but it isn't something I'd call great, and now that you've mentioned it on the Healey I'm going to add a proportioning valve for sure! Spirited driving is fun but at my age I don't want to add any more hairy stories of great saves, or worse.
I'm also adding Healey Rick's mature driver option; An exhaust sufficiently loud to satisfy me whatever speed while warning others of my approach.
Happy New Year,
Chris...