Brembo e38 calipers upgrade

[TVR4.3]

Good morning all. In the process of gathering the parts together to upgrade my 4.3 precat with front brembos and rs mk 1 discs. My question is relating to the caliper brackets. What i would like to know, are the tvr griffs hubs sierra 2wd cosworth or 1.8/2.0 litre standard; or doesn't it matter? I have tried contacting caprisport with no success so thought I would ask you guys

[TV8]

Lots of people have done this on the Chimaera forum, so might be worth asking on there or looking at very long thread started by Chimpongas on brembo up-grades. Do you currently have the 240mm discs on the front?

[rigga]

Cosworth 2wd hubs, I did the first set back in 2013

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=127...

[TVR4.3]

Thanks for the feedback. Looking at your link, in that post you state they are standard sierra hubs and 2wd cossie brackets will not fit, so are they 1.8/2.0 standard sierra hubs?

[rigga]

Your right I did say that and now I'm confused, I got caprisport (oldphone bloke on eBay) to supply the correct brackets for the griff hubs, can only suggest contacting him to clear it up properly

I now recall having read that link again that the guy definitely stated the cossie brackets wouldn't fit, but he would drill them to suit the normal sierra hub. So I was wrong originally stating cossie 2wd hubs

Edited by rigga on Thursday 21st April 22:55

[ClassiChimi]

Hi I've just done the E38'and 324 mm focus disc upgrade.
I got the calipers and brackets from old phone bloke and yes they do fit our hubs,
You will likely need some shims to centre calipers and I ordered the ones as in the thread started bynChimpongas
You'll need to tap out the holes in the hub and I screwed the bolts supplied through the hub and added a nut on the back for extra bracing.
Other than that it's very simple and improves the braking immensely.

[carsy]

Im pretty sure ours are just standard sierra hubs..

[Barreti]

I'm fairly sure they aren't standard 2wd Sierra hubs but this is from memory going back a few years.

When one of my wheel bearings was going I bought a couple of hubs from a place which make kit race day cars - can't even remember the name of them now - on the basis they were 2wd Sierra hubs and would bolt on.
They didn't and I had to have the steering track rod end hole reemed out - which cost me nearly as much as the hubs did in the first place.
So either ours aren't 2wd Sierra hubs or he sold me something which wasn't. I wouldn't swear either way.

So if you aren't sure if it will fit check out the size of the TRE fitting.
If it helps I have my old hubs on the shelf and can measure anything.

[TVR4.3]

Folks, thanks for the feedback. After some more research I have arrived at the following (see pic). I plan to measure my hubs and order the brackets to suit the hub configuration