Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Plus Four, Supersport & Plus Six (CX & CXV Generation Vehicles) My23 brakes

So easy to become confused with all this chat...

Best not to think of alternative brake fluids, stick to manufacturers specifications.

The days of owners modifying modern Morgans is fast disappearing along with the generation of baby boomers who thought modifying their Morgans to "improve" them was very much a part of the Morganeers culture.

Part of the modification culture seemed to be based upon bragging rights as opposed to actual driver demands on the vehicle... Racing spec anything incorporated into a road car can create a pig of a machine to spend time in when in traffic.

Morgans are light vehicles and unless driven hard will take a while to get race spec pads up to their best operating temperature on the road..if ever..?

I have no idea as to which type of ABS system might be fitted to any Morgan.

Either long travel or soft pedal would seem to go against normal driver expectations. If a soft pedal is combined with poor retardation performance on the road, I would have to understand why this could occur and exactly what caused it, also what repair techniques were involved to resolve the issue...

With brakes being the primary safety system on any car my expectation would be that even in a situation of total electrical or ECU failure that the hydraulic aspects of the system would provide "reasonable" retardation effect. Though logic determines that on an electrical system failure, an electrically operated handbrake activation may be lost..! Worth looking into the design of that..?

I suspect that any MOT equipped garage could take no more than 15 minutes to check the efficiency of braking on each wheel for you, including handbrake performance, for a reasonable cost. No need to wait till an MOT is due.