TR6 TR6 super excelent brakes.

[skikir]

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?

 

[RonMacPherson]

tires and pads. Those have the largest affect on braking performance on a properly working braking system.

 

[Steve69]

Are we safe to assume you know how to break in new ceramic pads? They are NOT to be coddled for the first 150 miles or so like metallics -- run 'em hard. The car needs to be run up to 50+ and then braked very hard to a stop 5-6 times in quick succession in order to properly seat the pads to the rotors. I haven't had the opportunity to do this on my TR6 yet, although it's in the plans. I'm running ceramic pads on my wife's Regal GS, and that's how I broke those in. They were literally smoking when I got finished, but after that they've been very noticably better than the original metallic pads.
Worth trying if you haven't already done it.....
Steve

 

[swift6]

What did you drive before the TR6 with excellent brakes. It could have all been relative.