Brakes

Rough Luck;9758 wrote: Right call me a looney I don't care but these look so simple, I've just got back from the fabricators on another matter....OOOoooo cant keep my mouth shut on that either, Quad pipes for my TT mk4

Anyway I thought how much would it cost to have a real pro make these spacers

His estimate £12-£15 each plate so a max of £30 a set, just need to track these discs now, an lets say they cost £70 for drilled an grooved

£100 all in

ooh the quads sound good...i have mk4 TT too

Oy, no TT hijacking. :dc:

oops...my bad:whistle:

CJJ;9800 wrote: Worth looking at, but I can't see how they can convert the APs to a mechanical handbrake. I thought rally cars could have hydraulic handbrakes, but not too sure.

I'm not sure that I would like that much braking at the rear to be honest, might make it a bit tail happy under heavy braking.

if the fronts were 6 pots it may still be a 70/30 split... hard to tell, if not what about using standard front calipers like off TF115/135s

Oooh. The parcel has arrived.

Only disappointment is I am not sure what he meant by "OEM" discs, as they are Ford Focus ST170 discs and aren't even ford parts. Not a great deal, but why do people say things that aren't true? I enquired about the discs and the reply was "All discs supplied are OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for assurance of quality and precision".

These are the bits I received.

CJJ;9858 wrote: Oooh. The parcel has arrived.

Only disappointment is I am not sure what he meant by "OEM" discs, as they are Ford Focus ST170 discs and aren't even ford parts. Not a great deal, but why do people say things that aren't true? I enquired about the discs and the reply was "All discs supplied are OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for assurance of quality and precision".

These are the bits I received.

how strange, so there OEM but Ford OEM?

have they just widened the holes to fit our PCD?


btw you know you said about hydraulic handbreaks on rally cars.... rally cars have to be road legal to drive between stages (not to mention on road stages)

so im guessing they cracked it

I heard rumour of this a while back, some one else posted that it was done with dual calipers on the rear, one set for braking an another for hand brake....I seen to remember they said porshe had done a similar thing


Jester!! Shhhhhh this came back from the shop yesterday

Errrr. Which part of the brake is that? :dunno:

CJJ;9858 wrote: Oooh. The parcel has arrived.

Only disappointment is I am not sure what he meant by "OEM" discs, as they are Ford Focus ST170 discs and aren't even ford parts. Not a great deal, but why do people say things that aren't true? I enquired about the discs and the reply was "All discs supplied are OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for assurance of quality and precision".

These are the bits I received.

Mmm, That is what I was wondering about when I asked about replacement discs.
Alright they're Ford discs, but they're still going to have to be machined to fit! Or do you just stick a drill in and make the holes bigger.:dunno:

I still think the way is to use 262mm MGR discs that already have the correct PCD. There is a solid and vented option at that size. With a couple of adapter blocks you'd be on to a much cheaper option. And the added advantage that the discs can be replaced off the shelf.

I am still intrigued to hear how your braking is effected by the fitting of 280 mm discs on the rear.

Personally, I'm interested in the possibility of uprating the front discs to 262mm while retaining the 240mm on the rear.:yesnod:

Incidentally, My Nissan gets around the handbrake problem by having a disc with an internal drum in the centre for the handbrake.

engine braking?:dunno:

Its an extra chucky hand brake

Some how I dont think the rover vented disc's would fit in the calipers, its hard enough to get standard disc's between new pads.

Hmm its worth a go to see I can knock a set up,

David Aiketgate;9863 wrote: Incidentally, My Nissan gets around the handbrake problem by having a disc with an internal drum in the centre for the handbrake.

indeed but not really possible on a TF i bet thats how the ZR rally car did it though