Upgrading To Bigger Brakes...

[Sam 4]

This car is going to be very special once its done. I'd be tempted to just display it and not drive it

[tom_m 0]

we're all gonna have to take a trip to norway to see it when its done!

[Kev-G 1]

About the rear brakes, I'm now going to use front discs from 405 Mi16, which is 266x20mm in size.

I made myself some caliper spacer-brackets in autocad, taht I got lasercut today:

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...05/CIMG0806.jpg

 

Is Brakeworld wrong? It quotes 405 Mi16 discs as 27mm high.

 

Does your set-up allow enough clearance from the back of the disc to where the caliper carrier is bolted to the back of the trailing arm? I assume that it must for the discs to be bolted on.

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

Is Brakeworld wrong? It quotes 405 Mi16 discs as 27mm high.

 

Does your set-up allow enough clearance from the back of the disc to where the caliper carrier is bolted to the back of the trailing arm? I assume that it must for the discs to be bolted on.

 

I need to grind away approx 1mm off the original caliper mounting-bracket. Then they'll fit straight onto the hub.

 

The discs are certainly 27mm high.. 266mm diameter and 20mm thick...

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Kristian, if you want pads suitable for the rear calpier piston (with the locating tab) but thicker, those from the BX are the same width & size as the front bendix pads iirc.

 

Graham.

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

Kristian, if you want pads suitable for the rear calpier piston (with the locating tab) but thicker, those from the BX are the same width & size as the front bendix pads iirc.

 

Graham.

 

Ok, but isn't it easiest just to get some from the 1.6 gti fronts? Or arent they suitable for the pistons in the calipers?

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Ok, but isn't it easiest just to get some from the 1.6 gti fronts? Or arent they suitable for the pistons in the calipers?

1.6 GTI pads should be fine just thougth I'd let you know incase you wanted to make use of the normal pad locating tab on the back to prevent the piston turning.

 

Graham.

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

There... After a kinda long time I'm now done with the rear beam and the big brakes.

Mounted the last bits today, so now it's ready to bolt onto the car

 

One less thing to do...

 

 

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG0960.jpg

[Daxed 7]

Hopefully you have been hard at work making some sort of automatic system that cuts in when you park and swings the rear beam down and out and into full view. Be a shame to hide it, looks great.

[Hilgie 16 2 Cars]

Looking good Kristian. Shame to hide it under the car.

[tom_m 0]

now that is a thing of beauty, a work of art!

[himbigchief 0]

Any chance of getting the dimensions of the spacer plate you had made up to move the caliper further out and back?

 

James

[Batfink 201]

Is this car built yet

[B1ack_Mi16 67]

Is this car built yet

 

Actually it is!

 

Well it's still missing a paint-job, front windscreen and such small things, but it's more or less done.

I'll make a thread under projects about it soonish when I get some time.

 

Here's some pics of it.

 

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG0931.jpg

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG1007.jpg

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG1061.jpg

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG1224.jpg

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG1303.jpg

http://cortex.fa-s.ntnu.no/~kristian/205gt...06/CIMG1314.jpg

[Batfink 201]

looking very nice indeed!