Re: Will I roast Green stuff pads?

> > > > > > Stuffed wrote: > > >> You need to read a bit more in the archive about Doki's brakes... :p > > > > > > Well just how much do you need to push a flimsy gutless sack of crap > > > before the brakes run too hot though? ;) > > > > Not that much with some pads I've had. It's the fact that it's not got > > vented disks so the heat doesn't get out of the disk that quickly. > > That's a bit worrying design wise then - I've been running Triumph > Dolomites/ 1300fwds for the last couple of years here in darkest Dorset, > where there's nothing but hills and twisty stuff, and not cooked the brakes > once on standard pads, or cheapy Ebay ones either. And we're talking cars > that way nearly a ton and have solid, small discs! > > And it's not my driving either - Just because the cars have a bit of a flat > hat image doesn't mean you can't weld your foot to the boards and get up a > bit of speed, although it's tiring stirring the stick to keep a 1300 or 1500 > engine near the power band :(

Power band? Are you having a laugh?! With the good 'ole SU and long stroke deisign of the pushrod motors they dont rev!

If you have a 16v under the bonnet, then yes- you'd know to know about a power band... (and how to change h/g's in 45mins..)

Tim..

The 1300 is very revvy in comparison to the 1500.. and with the ludicrously low geared final drive, it does need to be kept on song to actually move at all...

With twin carbs it was really a challenge to keep up speed, but thankfully lack of modern day electronics limiting the revs meant I could happily take it past the red line when trying to get it up hills (the ratios in that box were never meant to get a ton of metal with 60hp up a hill that steep..).

The 1500 is quite tricky to keep going up any sort of slope too - Too low geared to use the torque, too s**te an engine to have any top end go.

I think I must be one of the few Dolomite owners who just doesn't want a Sprint. For all the gutless crappiness of my small engines, and the way they chew bearings, at least I don't have silly head studs, leaking water pumps, oil getting in my plug tubes, headgaskets going, etc.

I do want the extra power though, which is why I'll be looking for a nice

16v (M or T for the pedants) "O" series or maybe at a push an efi 8v one when I've got a hoist and some spare cash :)