Rear Brakes Options

Hey all,
 
What options are available for converting an Escort to rear disk brakes these days?
 
I see Paul Dunstan had a popular kit available for a while but he hasn't been on here for over a year now so that seems to have dried up.
 
Any help appreciated.
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Chuff
 
 

Oh wow, I wasn't expecting that. I'm sorry to hear it.
 
Guess I'll have to figure something else out.
 
Condolences to his friends and family.
 
Thanks for the update.
 
Chuff

Thanks marty,
 
Is that the common conversion these days?
 
Thanks for the heads up. I'm going to look into it now.
 
Chuff

Thanks Robbie,
 
Marty's comment has sent me down the MK1 Focus rabbit hole and I've discovered that RDA make a slotted & dimpled version which match my front RDA slotted & dimpled disks so I'm going to do my best to get the Focus items to fit.
 

https://www.empoweredautoparts.com.au/dimpl-slotted-ford-focus-4-stud-8-2000-4-2005-rear
 
Apart from finding what I believe are the correct disks, there really is very little on the internet that I can find regading this conversion.
 
If anyone has any information or links that may assist me in this I would be very appreciative.
 
Anyhoo, back to my rabbit hole.
 
Chuff

Hey Chuff, I used the Mk1 Focus rear brake setup on my RS ( the RS project car in yellow primer ) near the top of the forum pages. I can't remember if I put much detail in the build story, certainly some pics.  I got the hubs, calipers and discs plus the full handbrake cable set up from the wreckers for about $200.  My brother took all the measurements and got a mate to do a CAD drawing of the caliper mounts for the boily to do the plasma cutting.  I drilled out the holes. You will have to use the longer wheel mounting studs from the original hubs to mount the discs on the axle flange.
My brother over-engineered the attachment of the caliper mounts to the diff housing.  Instead of them just attaching  externally to the diff flanges he made them fit to the end of the diff, with a recessed hole in the middle for the axle to go through and four holes drilled for the bolts for the axle flange. The RS is gone now but I should be able to get the drawing sent to me if you would like.  The handbrake cable were too long, once I got them laid out on the underside of the floor I shortened them and got a brake place to refit the nipples on the ends to attach to the mounting bracket for the handbrake.  I had to make a small extension with an adjustable bolt to get it to meet the handbrake cable mounting.  I used 10mm plate for the caliper mounts, pretty much bullet- proof. Because it is OEM I had no problem getting a QLD engineering blue plate for the setup, making it fully insured.
Cheers, Len

Robbie
This is strange for two reasons.

I cant believe Paul past away, i had never met him but we had spoke alot by PM and he was a great help with my wheels and direction of my car. His workmanship was top notch.  He was a great guy and its sad he couldnt see his car onto the road. Im assuming he wasnt overly that old so it must have been a sudden thing.

I have been digging around in the shed to declutter and have a rear brake kit i picked up some time ago, includes calipers (r31) rotors, axles, pauls conversion kit and i think hand brake cables aswell.

of interest to you? Im in Adelaide, postage wont be great as its all heavy stuff.

Send me a PM or text 0412474161 and we can discuss, ill most likely list it on FB if your not interested.

Hi.Robbie
if.not.sold.would.this.setup.fit.my.Mk1.Capri.1972.D-port."Special"?

Hey Len, that's exactly what I needed. Based on your previous post, this is to suit a Mk1 Focus caliper which is the path I have chosen. Perfect!
 
This just made the task so much easier.
 
Chuff

Yes.... But I'm saving youse moneys in the long run..
Beevee, if the flange bolt pattern is the same as 4cyl, it should fit...I remember fitting v6 rear brakes to mk2 escort