Colin, AKA Spanner Juggler and I had a discussion on brakes many moons ago, around the time when he was having issues warping the OE discs on his then new +8.
I think Colin was going for multi piston calipers and fancy discs...I questioned the logic at the time in that I can lock the fronts on my own mid 80`s +8 with standard the set-up my thinking was built around mere mortals such as I, who seem unlikely to attempt any fancy braking techniques when faced with an emergency stop situation, who would more than likely lock the fronts up even earlier with increased stopping power, and thus potentially increase the stopping distance..?
Colin being no stranger to competitive driving no doubt makes far more use of braking power than I might ever hope to, proof of that perhaps being that the OE discs warped in Colin`s "normal" road use...?
Ok so I could understand that the MMC`s design spec for brakes might not contain much in the way of scientific exploration to achieve a perfect balance for brakes relative to the light weight of the Trads,and in terms of to avoiding lock up..and my hope would be that any upgrades might provide an improved performance resulting in providing a better feel to the brakes on a track day, or when pressing on somewhat, my thinking along the lines of better cooling and hopefully more control in normal braking, but perhaps increasing the risk of early lock up in an emergency..?
Just thinking in type and claiming zero expertise.
