Brakes

[james280779]

Me again,

Just seen the griff 500 wheels and brakes on ebay.
would these be difficult to put onto the S?

ta

[pies]

IIRC the fronts are a straight swap

[james280779]

how much improvement will that be, bearing in mind i am thinking of fitting a forced induction cosworth.
enough?

[pies]

Well if they were good enough for a 5 litre Griff...

[GreenV8S]

Wheels and brakes are separate issues.

The front wheels will go straight on (they are the same size as your existing ones). The rears won't fit unless you change the rear hubs and brakes to discs.

I've heard the front brakes will bolt straight on but not tried it myself. The rear brakes I don't think will fit unless you also change the hubs, but again not something I've tried for myself.

[TimW]

Unless they are the special edition 500 the last 100 made then they dont fit...

>> Edited by TimW on Saturday 26th November 12:40

[honourablepickle]

does this mean that any griff or chimera wheels will fit a v8 ?

[pies]

Yep

[honourablepickle]

ebay here i come

[pies]

What you after

[silverback mike]

Yep, my S3C has griff 500 brakes on the front.

[honourablepickle]

hi pies
my car has 1 refurbished wheel and 3 scruffy ones I was thinking it might be nice to buy 4 decent wheels and sell mine to someone who wanted them - the chimera ones look quite nice
the other option was just to shell out for 17 inch split rims so I have a bit more tyre choice etc

reb