biggest brakes i can fit............................
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biggest brakes i can fit............................
on standard 13' steelies, can i fit 2litre mondeo brakes?
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
I guess only the 1.4 Mk4 brakes fit the 13's, have the same 240mm diameter but are vented.
I guess you only need the calipers and disc brakes.
I guess you only need the calipers and disc brakes.
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
no!!! lol get some 14" steelies from a scrappy or something they wont be expensive
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
scottybo wrote:no!!! lol get some 14" steelies from a scrappy or something they wont be expensive
and whats the bigest brakes i can fit with them?
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
Just a quick ask. Does mk5 escort 240mm vented discs and calipers be a straight swap for fiesta mk3?
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
Wittmann wrote:Just a quick ask. Does mk5 escort 240mm vented discs and calipers be a straight swap for fiesta mk3?
fiesta ones are 240mm vented already mate
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
alot of mondeo's had 14" steelies, so mondeo brakes deffo do fit under them. i have a set of the mondeo brakes going spare cheap
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
soundboy93 wrote:Wittmann wrote:Just a quick ask. Does mk5 escort 240mm vented discs and calipers be a straight swap for fiesta mk3?
fiesta ones are 240mm vented already mate
Sry m8, but my car is not an xr2i/rst so i have solids now. Close to me is a escort mk5 shell whit these calipers on so that's why i like to know do they fit?
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
Wittmann wrote:soundboy93 wrote:Wittmann wrote:Just a quick ask. Does mk5 escort 240mm vented discs and calipers be a straight swap for fiesta mk3?
fiesta ones are 240mm vented already mate
Sry m8, but my car is not an xr2i/rst so i have solids now. Close to me is a escort mk5 shell whit these calipers on so that's why i like to know do they fit?
i have some xr2i vented 240m's and calipers that i took off mine. and i need em gone! i had them on ebay for 25quid if youre interested.
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
most of you are clueless to this topic lol
biggest you can get behind 13" wheels are 240 discs, vented or not, all fiestas except the mk6 onwards and the mk5 zetec s had 240mm
next wheel size is 14" and biggest you can fit behind these is 260mm, can be found on fiesta mk5 zetec s and most mk6, also the escort rs2000 mk5/6
i have these myself behind my 14" Si wheels
as someone said 1.8 and 2.0 and 1.8td mondeos had 260mm but you need to do several changes to make them fit, like spacing and longer studs, also larger drilled hub bolts
next is 15" and heres the best brakins, performance brakes are available from companies like AP brake, Brembo etc, but 280mm is the max, you can make 300mm brakes fit bu its a very tight squeeze and you have to file some of the caliper away
280mm brakes are often found on sierra cosworth, but needs to be the 2wd versions and escort cosworth, and more recently the mondeo ST24 and ST200, but again all mondeo brakes need the same adjustments
hope this helps
biggest you can get behind 13" wheels are 240 discs, vented or not, all fiestas except the mk6 onwards and the mk5 zetec s had 240mm
next wheel size is 14" and biggest you can fit behind these is 260mm, can be found on fiesta mk5 zetec s and most mk6, also the escort rs2000 mk5/6
i have these myself behind my 14" Si wheels
as someone said 1.8 and 2.0 and 1.8td mondeos had 260mm but you need to do several changes to make them fit, like spacing and longer studs, also larger drilled hub bolts
next is 15" and heres the best brakins, performance brakes are available from companies like AP brake, Brembo etc, but 280mm is the max, you can make 300mm brakes fit bu its a very tight squeeze and you have to file some of the caliper away
280mm brakes are often found on sierra cosworth, but needs to be the 2wd versions and escort cosworth, and more recently the mondeo ST24 and ST200, but again all mondeo brakes need the same adjustments
hope this helps
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
get some 14 inchers and a mk5 escort rs 200 front callipers and discs, they will just about fit, howevere when u got for any sort of brake upgrade using bigger pistons and the like you will have to get a bigger servo and master cylinder
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
scottybo wrote:get some 14 inchers and a mk5 escort rs 2000 front callipers and discs, they will just about fit, howevere when u got for any sort of brake upgrade using bigger pistons and the like you will have to get a bigger servo and master cylinder
your clearly the brainbox... ive fitted 260mm from the RS2000 and not needed a bigger servo,
ive fitted the ST24 mondeo 280mm brakes and not needed a bigger servo...
the only instance ive seen/heard the standard servo struggling is when you fit a rear brake disc conversion on top of a big front brake upgrade, which is understandable as 4 big pistons is alot harder to move than 2 and two tiny cylinders
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
Your both wrong.
You would never need to change the servo. You'd need to change the master cylinder. Usefully when running 4 pots or rear discs.
Also. The cossie break comment, you need 2 wd discs with 4 wd calipers.
2 wd calipers are 4 pots and hard to fit.
Hope this helps.
Lee
You would never need to change the servo. You'd need to change the master cylinder. Usefully when running 4 pots or rear discs.
Also. The cossie break comment, you need 2 wd discs with 4 wd calipers.
2 wd calipers are 4 pots and hard to fit.
Hope this helps.
Lee
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
how do you mean hard to fit the 4pot calipers, i've bought a set and test fitted them, and by the looks of it the hub caliper holes need drilling and tapping a thread in as the 4 pot caliper holes have no thread then with either 278 or 283mm vented discs they should fit just hope 15's can fit lol!
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
lee si wrote:Your both wrong.
You would never need to change the servo. You'd need to change the master cylinder. Usefully when running 4 pots or rear discs.
Also. The cossie break comment, you need 2 wd discs with 4 wd calipers.
2 wd calipers are 4 pots and hard to fit.
Hope this helps.
Lee
what?!
its the servo that amplifies the pressure, the master cylinder has little effect. leaving the same sevo and fitting 280's/300's and rear discs will leave your brake system rather pathetic, eveyone i know whos done a rear disc conversion has said the same thing and opted for the mondeo servo
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
I had 260s at the front and 240 solids at the rear with a standard servo and master cylider and the brakes were more than ample
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
aye because the pistons in them calipers front and rear are reletively small matt, but with 280s and the bigger escort or fiesta ST rear brakes it starts to struggle
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
besides you are a massive weiner!
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
jonyb4 wrote:aye because the pistons in them calipers front and rear are reletively small matt, but with 280s and the bigger escort or fiesta ST rear brakes it starts to struggle
The point i was getting at is why over brake your car? The 260/240 rig up on the RS was fine for 150bhp and stopped it well with no issues
And yes i do have a massive weiner, and your little hands make it look so much bigger too!
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
lol i cant help it often jam them in a door!
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Re: biggest brakes i can fit............................
240's will fit mate
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