More chassis refurbishment porn at Willow sports cars
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Well its been a hetic few weeks getting the car back together. Nick & Mike at Willow have worked extremely hard to get the car through its MOT today. This time last week I had no front brakes and no front lights, no top wishbones amoungst other things.
the caliper mounts and spacers brackets were manufactured locally and nick did all the measurements for the brackets and spacer for the disk inhouse, and was fantastic.
the caliper mounts and spacers brackets were manufactured locally and nick did all the measurements for the brackets and spacer for the disk inhouse, and was fantastic.
Edited by portzi on Tuesday 3rd July 21:20
Nick at Willow did the conversion, but it will be his last one he's doing, after doing Dave trolley's first. They are a pig to do without using lots of filler. He manufactured a bracket which bolts to the bodywork, then fastens to the light pod, the silicon around the light is purely to stop water ingress and vibration.
dhf said:
A few questions,
Is that a 5200 AP caliper ?
What size disc are you using ?
Can you get a disc drilled for 4 stud as well as 5 stud ?
What are all the bits and pieces needed/costs/where did they come from for this conversion ?
Thanks
Dermot
The part numbers for the AP calipers are J0462/463. they just about squeeze onto the 16" spiders 5 stud, with mm's to spare. The PCD for the 5 stud is 114mm as per tuscan PCD, I think the Chimaera PCD is 10 mm's less so yes, its just finding the correct disk. I am not sure off what car my discs were off, as the cerbera discs I think are about £200 apiece. Nick at Willow sourced them after much searching through catologues. But still the pades had to be shimmed with stainless plates to centralise them on the disk. I also had longer hub studs fitted, an extra 5mm to give the wheel nuts the correct amount of thread turns before tight. Last but not least I made a spacer to fit behind the disk as it was too close to the lower ball joint gaitor. So all in all quite abit of work but well worth it as these brakes are awsome. Is that a 5200 AP caliper ?
What size disc are you using ?
Can you get a disc drilled for 4 stud as well as 5 stud ?
What are all the bits and pieces needed/costs/where did they come from for this conversion ?
Thanks
Dermot
Twistygit said:
Just wondering how your car is going ? last posts were to say it had been MOT'ed
Well since then l have safety made it to le man classic and silverstone . One cam follower broke down after some spirited driving from me, poor skills really but all fixed now. new hood& carpets finished but needs to go back for finishing touches. The best upgrade were the lupos and nitrons. l can see in the dark and the ride quality is superb Mark
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