2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

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2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby stuff n that on Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:38 pm

whats needed to fit these calipers?

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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby RSGeorge on Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:43 pm

Calipers, carriers, pads, discs, some sort of spacer to fit between the hub and the carrier thats about 5mm thick I think it was, mine was a solid block of steel with the holes drilled. At least 15" wheels to clear the brakes. Mine also had spacers fitted with extended wheel studs, but i dont know if that was because of the brakes or the wheels I had fitted.
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby stuff n that on Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:24 pm

carriers and discs from the sierra? what about the brake lines? do need to have some made up or use fiesta/sierra ones?
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby RSGeorge on Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:45 pm

Mine was just goodridge braided hoses for the fiesta. Fit no problem :)
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby rsturbonutter on Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:24 am

Here's a guide of passionford hope its of some use
http://passionford.com/forum/technical- ... rades.html
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby Medfin on Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:18 pm

Here is a pic where you need to remove material. I don't know exact amount, but seems like 2-3mm.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j280/xrmalin/DSC00699.jpg
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby SEG1 on Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:49 am

i used a 283mm disk with a 10mm spacer,longer studs and custom hoses.

will be up for sale when i get around to fitting my aps. :x


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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby elPaulio on Mon May 14, 2012 4:38 pm

Hi there,

I've got a set of 4-pots on their way over.

Just to clarify a couple of points:
1) Did you use carrier or bolt the caliper straight onto the hub?

2) The 10mm spacer, that is for the wheel onto the disc, correct?

3) Did you have to machine anything off the caliper to make it sit over the disc?

4) What car did you get the discs from?

Hope you can answer these and save me the ball-ache of trial and error :)

Cheers

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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby SEG1 on Mon May 14, 2012 5:12 pm

1) i bolted the caliper to the hub
2) disc,spacer then wheel.
3) no machining needed
4) discs are from a mondeo v6
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby elPaulio on Tue May 15, 2012 11:34 am

Hi,

Thanks for the info, thats excellent and just what I thought!!

What are they like? Do they stop you good and proper??

What are they like weight wise compared to standard calipers? OBviously lighter is better, but I fear these are going to be heavier...

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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby SEG1 on Tue May 15, 2012 12:30 pm

they are pretty heavy, much heavier than std calipers.
braking wise get some ds2500 pads and grooved discs and you will be fine. :D
forgot to say that to mount them you have to tap and drill the hubs to the larger cosworth bolt size.
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby elPaulio on Tue May 15, 2012 4:45 pm

Cheers, thought they would be heavier, but dont suppose yod really notice it compared to the braking improvements!

DS2500 pads?!? Are you nuts, I just about choked when I saw how much they were ;)
I'm sure some reasonably priced ones will be fine considering how small the Fiesta is :)

Yeah, will look at either drilling out as you say or getting a reducer pressed into the caliper so can go backwards if necessary... although knowing me, i'll just drill the feckers ;)
Did you need the 10mm spacers to stop fouling on the wheel? I've got 5mm on at the moment, so will see if they are enough or will double up to see if 10 is needed :)

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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby SEG1 on Tue May 15, 2012 10:39 pm

The ds2500s are worth the money mate.
The braking efficiency is 10x better with the 4 pots
Yeah needed the spacer to stop the alloy rubbing the caliper.
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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby elPaulio on Wed May 16, 2012 4:57 pm

Mmm... we'll see how she runs with the cheaper pads first :) I'm sure cossie 4 pots even with s**t pads will outbrake my current setup :)

One more question, did the Fiesta master cylinder cope with these no bother or did you upgrade to the Mondeo one?

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Re: 2wd cosworth 4 pot calipers Fitting?

Postby SEG1 on Thu May 17, 2012 10:44 am

On my first Rs I upgraded to the escort mk6 servo and the cossie brakes felt alot better so I recommend to upgrade it.
The Rs I have now has the same cossie 4 pot brakes but have no room to upgrade the servo , so I have longer 'throw' on the pedal, that doesn't feel as good as before.
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