888/887 calipers

[OleVix]

davelittlewood said:

So Escort cosworth or Sierra cosworth 4x4.

I've googled and fleabayed but no luck.

Lots of places offering billet machined 4 pots and mounting kits, only £1200!!!

No! Its the 2WD version!

[Sardonicus]

Sierra 2WD Cosworth (original 3 dr) 4 pot cast iron calipers are a headache to fit and not worth the bother IMO

[davelittlewood]

Well 've managed to find a place that specialises in Scorpios, £185 for a pair.2

Considering that some people find them for £1 on eBay this seems a lot!
found some 'scorpio' callipers on eBay but no way of knowing if they are the correct ones

[SILICONEKID345HP]

davelittlewood said:

Well 've managed to find a place that specialises in Scorpios, £185 for a pair.2

Considering that some people find them for £1 on eBay this seems a lot!
found some 'scorpio' callipers on eBay but no way of knowing if they are the correct ones

Get your money out ,you only live once ..You could go for

[mk1fan]

If that includes the carriers then you need to weigh up the value of your time speant sourcing a cheaper set against getting these and moving the project on.

I think the fabled £1 ebay purchases are the vast minority of purchases.

[carsy]

I think the days of cheap 887/888 calipers are gone.

1. They are getting like hens teeth and
2. Everyone knows the trick of fitting them to the Sierra hubs as an upgrade whether TVR or kit cars.

[Sardonicus]

Agree with the last 2 posts.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

Hans gets the kits made up with new OE calipers for a very reasonable price .He gets them from Germany .

[davelittlewood]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

Get your money out ,you only live once ..You could go for

YHM

[Chuffmeister]

Fitted new seals and a new piston to one last night. Just need to save some dosh for the discs and sort the back ones too.

[OleVix]

Chuffmeister said:

Fitted new seals and a new piston to one last night. Just need to save some dosh for the discs and sort the back ones too.

Nice! Blue stops better... now where do I get the correct seals kit? I have 272mm rear vented and 260mm front vented... someone have a link for the front discs as well? I want drilled discs!

[Chuffmeister]

OleVix said:

Nice! Blue stops better... now where do I get the correct seals kit? I have 272mm rear vented and 260mm front vented... someone have a link for the front discs as well? I want drilled discs!

I got mine from here as recommended by phillpot:

http://www.brakeparts.co.uk

The bits you want are: BCK6003. I cannot seem to select the Sierra Cosworth 2WD option for some reason. Best give them a ring.
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Discs and pads I was going to eventually order from here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180463291058?_trksid=p20...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180463278710?_trksid=p20...

Edited by Chuffmeister on Tuesday 3rd February 09:25

[OleVix]

Chuffmeister said:

I got mine from here as recommended by phillpot:

http://www.brakeparts.co.uk

The bits you want are: BCK6003. I cannot seem to select the Sierra Cosworth 2WD option for some reason. Best give them a ring.
|http://thumbsnap.com/5Txw5WRa[/url]

Discs and pads I was going to eventually order from here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180463291058?_trksid=p20...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180463278710?_trksid=p20...

Edited by Chuffmeister on Tuesday 3rd February 09:25

Nice, thanks alot

[jojackson4]

carsy said:

I think the days of cheap 887/888 calipers are gone.

1. They are getting like hens teeth and
2. Everyone knows the trick of fitting them to the Sierra hubs as an upgrade whether TVR or kit cars.

£35 to the door you have just got to keep looking

They were very dirty

[OleVix]

couldnt find any used calipers and Keri from WMS didnt respond on my mail so I just bought a set of new 887 888 calipers from brakeparts, and a set of drillet/grooved 283s from ebay... should be sufficient!

[carsy]

Don't forget you need the carriers as well as the calipers.

[OleVix]

carsy said:

Don't forget you need the carriers as well as the calipers.

st I forgot that! I thought they were complete!!

edit: got the carriers from a breaker in sweden, 30 a pair!

Edited by OleVix on Friday 6th February 10:03

[matt4l]

Opening this topic again, Im upgrading to the 887 888 calipers and am deciding what discs to go for?

it seems the 283mm Dia discs are 55mm thick and the 278mm Dia disc are 35.2mm.
The standard discs of 240mm Dia are 58.1mm thick.

Measuring the caliper mounting brackets and then putting std disc and that bracket on the car the disc runs centrally.

So if i put the 283mm disc i would assume I need a 3mm spacer for this disk.
If is use the 378mm disk I would need a spacer of 23mm?

The figures quoted in previous posts are 1mm and 11mm???

[phillpot]

I used Ford Scorpio discs (Brakes International part number BDS5455) @ 278 x 47.5 mm high which then requires an 11 mm spacer.


With two separate spacers (in effect two very thick washers) I got brake judder issues, swapped them for a one piece spacer (piece of steel bar 25 x 11mm ) with two holes for bolts and problem solved

[matt4l]

Philpot

Why did you go for 278 over 283mm?

Also what pads did you fit?
None of the brake books give caliper No.s only vehicle!