Afternoon Brian.
The 120 should be fine with single leading shoe non servo assisted drums all round.
Ouch!
I'm pleased (I think) to say our lad was wringing quite a bit of life out of her. I like a nice gap between me and the Guy in Front, so don't often need heavy braking. Lewis is different, and I was hoping he wouldn't be using my car to give someone a 1420 Kg X-Power grey suppository!
Hi Clf- changed the pipes myself and took the chance to completely flush the system. Bled as carefully as I could, so don't think it's air in the system. Removed the calipers and cleaned /lubed the slide pins. The pads on the car had almost no wear so left them on. Don't know the brand. I think they had been changed by previous keeper prior to lay-up.
To be clear, the car stops OK, and might only really be suffering from comparison to a car with very aggressive brakes.
If the reputation of Italian drivers is true, perhaps Alfa feel emergency stopping is high on their list of essential features.
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