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barney
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2012/05/06 13:31:05 (permalink)
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Ebay Disk Brake Kit

On the old forum we had a thread on this but just a few qu's...
I have the Big Brake kit off ebay, even with the Capri struts the rotor is only 2/3mm away from the steering arm, what is the clearance an engineer would want?
I was thinking of adding a spacer inbetween the steering arm and the strut...hmmm what affect woud this have??(bigger turning circle maybe??)
 
Lastly, as the booster has to go to fit the sr20, i believe if a car was fitted with a booster it MUST be fitted to pass engineering. I have a pedal box, thanks to paul (that looks bloody awesome!!)
but i was looking at a remote unit a VH40 seems to be the go any one got any comments or information on this??
 
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    Re:Ebay Disk Brake Kit 2012/05/06 18:19:59 (permalink)
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    Hi Barney
    This is the prime reason I came up with my own front brake set-up as I was not happy with the clearance when wanting vented whilst using the usual suspectes (Capri, BMW, laser etc). I think you can prob add a spacer to the Capri strut steering arm with little effect on geopmetry but others may be able to provide further info.
    You should check with a local engineer but you may not be required to fit a booster. My engineer in SA is happy as long as the pedal effort is acceptable to obtain the required retardation during an pre-determined stop. If you design the hydraulic system correctly then it should be fine as long as your engineer is happy.

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    Re:Ebay Disk Brake Kit 2012/05/06 18:48:27 (permalink)
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    Thanks Paul...
    Yeah gonna chat to the engineer in the week. I got the ebay kit about 18months ago prob before your design was out there... it was cheap so not too fussed, i'll try the spacer and see how it goes.
    I was watching The Fast & The Furious the other night and gave me a bit of insperation to get into it again!! :) Just gotta build a shed to get some stuff out the garage and give me room to move...arrgghh
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    Re:Ebay Disk Brake Kit 2012/05/06 19:19:33 (permalink)
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    I am running tx3/volvo and 2lt struts and clearance is 6mm. I dont see any issues with that.
     
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