granada brake upgrade

[daz the plumber]

as anyone got the brake upgrade useing granada cosworth (scorpio) callipers and seira cosworth discs?, theres a chap selling complete kits ready to fit £275 on piston heads .what do you think as there alot cheaper than willwood and ap .could be a nice upgrade .its a bolt off bolt on kit .the callipers are restored and the discs are origanal ford not aftermarket .do these breaks fit behind 15"wheels .

[That Daddy]

daz the plumber said:

as anyone got the brake upgrade useing granada cosworth (scorpio) callipers and seira cosworth discs?, theres a chap selling complete kits ready to fit £275 on piston heads .what do you think as there alot cheaper than willwood and ap .could be a nice upgrade .its a bolt off bolt on kit .the callipers are restored and the discs are origanal ford not aftermarket .do these breaks fit behind 15"wheels .

Yes they fit Daz behind 15,s,and they are probably the easiest cheapest brake upgrade i have ever made,i have yet to make em fade on the road neither how your car going now?

[daz the plumber]

thers a chap on piston heads hans from holland doing a complete kit , teflon coated callipers , origanal discs , pads and the bits needed to convert £275 does that seem ok .or would you look around the scrappy and get some after market discs.what size are the discs and would say there nearly as good as the expensive upgrades. what did you do? my car goes well , just that lumpy bit up to 2200 revs and poor mpg

Edited by daz the plumber on Monday 8th September 11:57

[AlexB]

I have just sourced some Granada Cossy calipers - decided to get the parts myself and have a go at making the kit up myself as brakes are one of the few parts of a car I have yet to tinker with. The kits you mention do look good though - I was very tempted, but when I saw the parts for sale I decided to have a go myself.
Alex

[daz the plumber]

i emailed hans, he is selling a very expensive upgrade £1100 and i mentioned the cossy brakes , he as these for sale. he sent me pictures of the kit the callipers are teflon coated .look like new .

[Konrod]

I've done this, 273mm discs to replace the 240s on Chim 400, and the bigger calipers. There is a spacer needed (and longer bolts) for the calipers to fit, but it took an hour each side to do, including replacing the fluid and bleeding all round. Can't get easier than that. I got the kit from Hans Dahlhuisen, good guy to deal with.

[fatboychim]

daz the plumber said:

as anyone got the brake upgrade useing granada cosworth (scorpio) callipers and seira cosworth discs?, theres a chap selling complete kits ready to fit £275 on piston heads .what do you think as there alot cheaper than willwood and ap .could be a nice upgrade .its a bolt off bolt on kit .the callipers are restored and the discs are origanal ford not aftermarket .do these breaks fit behind 15"wheels .

It's a good upgrade, I just did mine and they work really well.
I bought calipers from a breaker and some cossie grooved discs from CRN Perfomance.
Make sure you get Cosworth granada calipers as they take bigger pads. The discs are 283mm from a 2wd Cosworth Sierra.

[raceboy]

Been very tempted by the Hans-Granada kit, I like the idea of an off the shelf kit that has all the bits in it saving me from ebaying/scrap yard trips to find all the bits, and then having to recondition bits, I accept it's more expensive but it'd save me my time and that has a value.
Daz see if you can get a deal for 2 kits....

[AlexB]

raceboy said:

...saving me from ebaying/scrap yard trips to find all the bits, and then having to recondition bits....

It's funny, but that's what I quite like about doing it myself (I'll probably hate it after a couple of mins of cleaning!)....plus doing it myself might work out a bit cheaper and am looking at getting the suspension sorted at some point - those Nitrons aren't cheap - trying to convince myself that by not buying a commercial kit for the brakes I can afford the shocks!
Alex

[raceboy]

I'd expect to be able to find all the bits from half a dozen different places for about £100 less than the pre-packed kit....but I've not really got the time to do it, and I do need new brakes...if only new discs and pads at the moment but the upgrade is always tempting......

[steve-V8s]

If you can get some tatty old calipers to exchange they are only about £35 a go as a recon item at the auto factors.