Rear discs for a 1993 car....
Discussion
Simon says said:
+1 these are the fellas (solid not vented!!)!!SILICONEKID340HP said:
What i would do is ditch the lot and go for the later Chimaera spec larger vented discs and calipers..When i had the early front and rear setup i was worried about the appalling brakes..scared me to death
But you don't want to upgrade the rears until the front have been upgraded!SILICONEKID340HP said:
Brakes are the most important part of the car and if you can`t stop your f
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beleive me i had that early setup ....They were terrible ! if your going to spend some money spend it on yhe brakes..and your talking about spending £11 on discs
Never said i was going to get them chap!d.beleive me i had that early setup ....They were terrible ! if your going to spend some money spend it on yhe brakes..and your talking about spending £11 on discs
But I'm just wondering how different pretty basic solid discs can be to warrant the price difference.
What calpiers would you use for a upgrade to take vented rear and i assume bigger fronts? are they just off later models?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESCORT-SIERRA-COSWORTH-R...
You will need to change the hubs got mine from a cosworth breakers yard Discs are cheap enough..
You will need to change the hubs got mine from a cosworth breakers yard Discs are cheap enough..
SILICONEKID340HP said:
Brakes are the most important part of the car and if you can`t stop your fd.
beleive me i had that early setup ....They were terrible ! if your going to spend some money spend it on yhe brakes..and your talking about spending £11 on discs
Terrible seems a bit harsh, Mines a 95 400 and as far as I know the brakes are standard apart from braided hoses and I was quite supprised,thought they were quite good. Not noticed any difference from my 98 450 that would have had the larger set up. Although I suppose it depends what you use the car for mines for country lane thrashing and touring not howling round a track!d.beleive me i had that early setup ....They were terrible ! if your going to spend some money spend it on yhe brakes..and your talking about spending £11 on discs
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You will need to change the hubs got mine from a cosworth breakers yard Discs are cheap enough..
[/quote]But I thought cheap was bad according to your last post Darren
£11ea for solid rear discs is about right,they can knock those out for 2 a penny nothing wrong with Eicher discs I use them at the workshop all the time 
upgrading to the bigger rear brakes brings little advantage am afraid even though I did this anyway and that's how you got the heads up for a supplier of those rear hubs 
i had the small brakes all round on my 95 and the improvement came from the bigger fronts with increased feel from the braided hoses 
You will need to change the hubs got mine from a cosworth breakers yard Discs are cheap enough..
[/quote]But I thought cheap was bad according to your last post Darren
£11ea for solid rear discs is about right,they can knock those out for 2 a penny nothing wrong with Eicher discs I use them at the workshop all the time upgrading to the bigger rear brakes brings little advantage am afraid even though I did this anyway and that's how you got the heads up for a supplier of those rear hubs i had the small brakes all round on my 95 and the improvement came from the bigger fronts with increased feel from the braided hoses 
My 94 4.0 Chimaera has been running around on the standard rear brakes since it came out the factory and it doesn't get an easy life and I'm not dead yet. 
If your just using the car for fast road driving and you've not changed the fronts to anything special just replace like for like.
By far the best way to do it is to get one disc/pad set off the car and pop it down to your local auto factors, pop it on the counter and tell them you want some of these....they may have TVR listed but I doubt it, give them a hint it maybe something early 90's Ford and if they are any good within a few minutes there'll have some new ones on the counter for you.
It's ok saying this page on the interweb says they must be Ford this or that but I've always found the best way to get an exact match is to compare side by side in the shop, theres zero chance of error then, you'd be surprised how many little differenaces there are between 'Ford' products, slightly different offsets, diameters, thicknesses.....
Drive home fit them and feel smug that you've changed the discs and pads on your car for under £50.
If your just using the car for fast road driving and you've not changed the fronts to anything special just replace like for like.
By far the best way to do it is to get one disc/pad set off the car and pop it down to your local auto factors, pop it on the counter and tell them you want some of these....they may have TVR listed but I doubt it, give them a hint it maybe something early 90's Ford and if they are any good within a few minutes there'll have some new ones on the counter for you.
It's ok saying this page on the interweb says they must be Ford this or that but I've always found the best way to get an exact match is to compare side by side in the shop, theres zero chance of error then, you'd be surprised how many little differenaces there are between 'Ford' products, slightly different offsets, diameters, thicknesses.....
Drive home fit them and feel smug that you've changed the discs and pads on your car for under £50.
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