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MTTUK – Day 55 – Castle Combe

September 26, 2009 on 2:05 pm | In Mini Takes the UK | No Comments

Headed to Castle Combe for MiniWorlds Action Day event. Thought there was going to be a concourse along with the racing but there wasn’t so spent the day watching the folks race their Mini’s and visiting the trader stands

It turned out to be a rather expensive day as I spent a bit too much time at KADs tent. After picking up their front 4-pot big brakes for Red that I bought from Minispeed earlier in the week.

I wound up leaving with their rear caliper conversion kit and light alloy rear radius arms which will save quite a number of kilo’s over the current drum brakes about 1/3 the weight. It wasn’t cheap but the dollar made some ground on the pound yesterday and they gave me a good deal which ultimately worked out to a substantial savings from getting it stateside. They only had gold at the show but will be shipping me out a set of red to match the fronts. Red should be quite transformed when everything is fitted. It uses little motorcycle pads but they are supposed to provide the same braking power as the current rear drum brakes. They aren’t supposed to increase the rear braking but decrease the unsprung weight and look good. Lets hope so because the pads are really little.