Big rear brakes fitted

[Bill patchall]

Scott has just fitted this rear brake conversion for me
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[Jamesv6]

Are they bigger discs and 8 pot?

 

[Kett]

Crikey!
The look like fronts... are the similar diams?

 

[Bill patchall]

James my good man they are 4pot front callipers and discs also Scott had some discs drilled and grooved for the front[album]11863[/album]
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[R5turbo2]

What you doing about the hand brake on the rear

 

[Bill patchall]

Hi keir we are looking in to it now

 

[Ant123456]

Can't see the point in this unless it's for cosmetic reasons? If that's the case fair enough.

 

[Kett]

Can't see the point in this unless it's for cosmetic reasons? If that's the case fair enough.

Simon's car is quintessentially over-engineered. The Vee has it's inherent flaws and some of us like to tinker.

You've much to learn young padawan...
: )

 

[Ollie1]

Fills the wheels nicely. Looking good

 

[srt40]

Looks great. Will you be adjusting brake pressure bias forward to compensate for larger disc radius/larger pads/larger piston areas blah blah?

 

[Ant123456]

Can't see the point in this unless it's for cosmetic reasons? If that's the case fair enough.

Simon's car is quintessentially over-engineered. The Vee has it's inherent flaws and some of us like to tinker.

You've much to learn young padawan...
: )

I don't need to lean thanks, I know enough

Nothing wrong with the standard setup if used with decent pads and fluid.

Hence why I asked if it was cosmetic.

What do the cup cars run out of interest?

 

[REM13]

Hi keir we are looking in to it now

If you're still tinkering, a few Citroen models (xantia etc) had the handbrake operating on the front calipers...probably worth looking at if you haven't already considered it

 

[clarkeeuk99]

Looking good!

I have always wondered about having 4 pots at the rear as well as at the front. All cars (that I've seen) that do not have 50:50 weight distribution tend to have bigger brakes up front than at the rear. i.e., a Porsche 911 can have 6 pot up front and 4 pot at the rear. However a Porsche 944 S2 (which has 50:50 weight distribution) has 4 pots all round.

Is this on-purpose? i.e., if you are to upgrade the rear brakes to 4 pots, is it wise to upgrade the fronts to bigger ones too?