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the pics are in various stages of progress which i apologise for...but i'm sure you can work it
I was thinking more Triumph 2500S myself.bruggz351 wrote:Very British eh...
But I like early Bentleys and Jags...
Same here, what are the door cards themselves going to look like? Or is that it?ddt wrote:What colour will the door cards be?
bruggz351 wrote:Very British eh...
But I like early Bentleys and Jags...
hmm yeah buds i know how you feel..do you have any calipers for holden for sale? im happy to get something rolling.......?Scorpma82 wrote:As for the calipers.....i'm trying to start up a brake business......it hasnt really gotten anywhere (mostly due to lack of advertising, funds..and therefore interest)......I used to work for PBR for a number of years...so i've accumilated a heap of of information......but without any funds to begin with...its hard to turn info into a profit
your right on the money there buds..i have noticed the pedal difference is bigger but also they have better stopping ability then my standard ones..do you have any bigger calipers to sell and to suit my application? or even some sound advise on which way i should go for optimized braking without breaking the bank.Scorpma82 wrote:Part number B862-373
B862-374
They are VT-VZ HSV calipers....run slightly smaller pistons (2 pistons per caliper) and marry upto 330mm rotors
They are used in Factory HSV's and also in the PBR P-series brakes kits........
But personally...i dont like the VT conversion....the brake master cylinder is too small for the calipers.....hence why u more than likely noticed the pedal travel is much greater than before
yeah buds im using the vz 330mm front crossed drilled and slotted and for the rears im running the single piston vx clubby brakes with i think 280mm slotted rotors..Im running some really good Hawk performance pads..Scorpma82 wrote:i'm guessing ur already using slotted rotors and performance pads????
If ur not using them, i'd DEFINATELY get steel braided lines made up (the commodore guys will tell u what u need exactly) and also some high performance fluid (i've got DOT 4 racing fluid in the garage that i can sell if u want)....this will essentially make ur brakes a bit more effecient.
Im really after a set of calipers bigger then what im running atm,seems to me that your referring to the same sort of calipers im running? i dont really mind not running stockies as im running bigger wheels and have a 17" spare..PLUS IVE GOT 18' stockies..hahahaScorpma82 wrote: just so happen to have a set of second hand HSV calipers sitting in the garage (brand new pads) that i'd get rid of........they are damaged a lil bit on the fins (they were test units)but internally are spot on. I just need to know the distance between the mounting holes...whether it is 77mm or 97mm (non-IRS and IRS but ican remember which is which)
The caliper is exactly the same but is made wider to fit a ventilated rear rotor.
(standard rear rotor is 280mmX10mm solid, HSV is 280mmX20mm ventilated....so u can still run stockies in the rear ;))
its not a race car but was going through some brake fade when under heavy breaking on the track days..was heading towards the harrop style 4spot fronts and 2spot rears or something like that with 343mm rotors or slightly bigger? do you have anything like that around ? what if i use something like an evo,sti etc brembo 4spot caliper can i modify it to suit my application?Scorpma82 wrote:yeah thats pretty much what i was heading towards......they are C6 Corvette calipers.........
theres heaps of options there with the size.......HSV genuine, Herrod, Harrop, JHP, XYZ, AP Racing, Wilwood, etc etc etc.......
Unless this is purpose built racecar.....going with brakes THAT big, aren't really necessary
haha yeah i know what you mean,ive got a fg f6 with the brembo 4spot fronts and there bloody great could just imagine your setup would have been awesome.Scorpma82 wrote:I used to have 6 piston calipers front/4 piston calipers res with 355mm rotors all round on my Fairlane......
This was by far the best braking system you'll find on any car......it was really that good.....problem was, no other car behind me could brake that well so there was always two options for me
1) I deliberately overshoot MY braking point....which means i was never using the full potential of my brakes
2) I let the guy behind simply cannon into the back of me