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Originally Posted by Nick Challacombe
According to mt MOT man , a set of Dunlop Discs set up well are far better than Girling.
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I guess that's why Bristol changed to Girling brakes on the 409!
And Aston changed from Girling to Dunlop for the DB4 then back to Girling for the DB5 and DB6 and V8.
I had a DB4 with the exact same Dunlop brakes. They were adequate so long as you didn't have to use them often. When I did the 4 day Adelaide Classic rally in my DB4 I found they started to fade quite badly once they got hot.
The fact is, the Dunlop brakes were two piston calipers with a very small friction pad surface area. Whereas the Girling brakes brakes had three piston calipers and at least double the pad surface area. The Girlings were far superior brakes, which is why they were also used by Aston Martin, Jensen, Iso, Ferrari, Maserati and TVR.