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skellum · 23rd June 2020, 19:55

I've heard it said you should drive an MG "like you stole it".
Saw just that this very morning on the my to work- a Grey ZT going for it good style. As it happens, it was my car. On extended loan to our youngest lad, and he (just) had tme for a wave before vanishing over the Horizon in a cloud of dust.
His driving stye is 'extrovert', and has made me wonder about braking ability. My own feeing is that the ZT stops adequately, but doesn't make my eyes pop out my head the way the brakes on the wifes Alfa do.

From searching here it seems some folk are fitting bigger brakes from the 190- going with bigger discs and calipers. I'm wondering if anyone has a quick fix to improve braking ability. Different pads? Trick discs?

Tyres and brake fluid brand new, system well bled, passed MOT easily a couple of months ago.

23rd June 2020, 19:55	#1
skellum Avid contributor MG ZT Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Stornoway Posts: 115 Thanks: 17 Thanked 41 Times in 27 Posts	ZT 120 Braking ability. I've heard it said you should drive an MG "like you stole it". Saw just that this very morning on the my to work- a Grey ZT going for it good style. As it happens, it was my car. On extended loan to our youngest lad, and he (just) had tme for a wave before vanishing over the Horizon in a cloud of dust. His driving stye is 'extrovert', and has made me wonder about braking ability. My own feeing is that the ZT stops adequately, but doesn't make my eyes pop out my head the way the brakes on the wifes Alfa do. From searching here it seems some folk are fitting bigger brakes from the 190- going with bigger discs and calipers. I'm wondering if anyone has a quick fix to improve braking ability. Different pads? Trick discs? Tyres and brake fluid brand new, system well bled, passed MOT easily a couple of months ago.