Brake upgrade

[cliché guevara]

These are forsale to you lot here untill the 26th of June when they will go to ebay.Rear brake upgrade for a rally car with hydraulic handbrake.Or save weight or heat(?) on your front end.Taken from the TS I just chopped up.

They have been nylon powder coated.





Sensible offers please or if your name is humbertob,£40 more than what they are actually worth :wink:

 

[humbertob]

Thanks... :lol: I have learnt my lesson. I am going to concentrate in getting mine road worthy before any upgrades. I had to learn the hard way. Havent got as deep pockets as Mr dini's Renault turbo fund :lol:

 

[turbo2_slayer]

yes wats happened to mr dini havent seen him on this site for about 8 months

 

[r5gordini]

Questions: - Cliche, are these ok for road legal cars? I know we'd have to fit a hydraulic handbrake, or separate caliper...

Do they fit to the standard Gordini mountings?

Andrew

 

[phildini]

Mr Dini hes a LAZY bugger, he moved house months ago and he still has not sorted out his computer..... :roll: hes coming to Bromley, you coming Humberto?

 

[cliché guevara]

Hi Andrew,this is why I said rally car,by that I mean one that is not used on the road.I think hydraulic handbrakes are not permitted in the MOT.

BUT,as I am writing this I'm thinking to myself "Just fit the mechanical ones for when you have your MOT!?!"

Just remove the locating tabs and slide in the mechanical piston,should take about 10/15 minutes plus a break bleed.The pistons are nearly twice the size than that of the standard rear caliper.

My Turbo has Girling ones up front,by the way where can I get a pentagonal allen key from for the front calipers?

 

[humbertob]

Phil - Yes will be there. Crusing on my feet. Whilst i fix some wheels.

Cliche - I bought a set from my local aut factors.

 

[cliché guevara]

Cliche - I bought a set from my local aut factors.[/quote]

What,pentagonal allen keys?If so,cheers!

I have the Renault torsion bar tool that will go to ebay too.

 

[Hannu]

Hi Andrew,this is why I said rally car,by that I mean one that is not used on the road.I think hydraulic handbrakes are not permitted in the MOT.

BUT,as I am writing this I'm thinking to myself "Just fit the mechanical ones for when you have your MOT!?!"

Just remove the locating tabs and slide in the mechanical piston,should take about 10/15 minutes plus a break bleed.The pistons are nearly twice the size than that of the standard rear caliper. quote]

Hmmm ... a few thoughts.

Hudraulic handbrakes? I have one on my Super5 Rally Car. It ts fitted in-line with the standard rear disks. The standard mechanical handbrake is retained in its entirety, as all Rally Cars must have a valid MOT certificate.

Fitting your double-diameter piston calipers to the rear of a Gordini would be a disaster, to put it bluntly. My mate tried this when he fitted a set of Nova front disks and calipers to the rear axle of his Nova Rally car in 1985. He was (and still is!) a very experienced rally driver, but gave himself a huge fright when he found himself completely broadside at 80 mph on a closed tarmac road (Epynt, in Wales). The reason for this was the large piston diameter, which means that the rear brakes locked the rear wheels under heavy brakeing.

As I say, you need a LOT of experience to be able to deal with both rear wheels locking solid, throwing your car sideways on the entry to a bend, for example ...

 

[cliché guevara]

I guess I must be talking out of my trailing arm.However cars fitted with the smaller front wheel bearings or possibly Gordinis atmo or turbo fitted with cast iron bendix brakes (if they ever were) then these will save weight.