Brakes

[revingtosh]

Just a quickie..

My mini has the 1275GT Disks fitted. Is the Metro turbo 4 pot caliper upgrade just a simple matter of swapping calipers out? Or do other parts have to be changed?

Thanks in advance & merry a christmas to you all!

Mike

[DanGT]

It is quit easy. You do need a pipe to link the two lines the Metro unit has to the on line the mini has. I have used the origanel hubs but you can use the metro ones with the wright ball jounts. I did find to get the calipers lined up correctly I hade to use some very fin spacers (I have not read of any one else havting to do this). A number of the mini companeys mini sport etc do kits to do the convetion and can also offer further advice.

I am very happy with the results, good luck

[DanGT]

Also you will have to fit ventied discs or mode the calipers (take off some of the mating faces). I went with fitting the ventied discs.

[guru_1071]

if your using the turbo cast iron calipers your will need the following bits to do the job correctley and safely

1) the calipers

2) vented discs

3) the turbo flanges - these are deeper than the mini (or the non vented metro ones) - with out these the disc wont be central in the caliper. the proper turbo ones have 4 ridges on the outside that need machining off to get mini wheels to fit (normally), the after market ones dont have this feature.

4) the 8 bolts to hold the disc to the flange (not same thread as mini ones)

5) the 4 bolts that hold the calipers to the hub (not the same as the mini ones, they are longer - the mini ones will fit, but only hold the calipers on by about 5 threads...)

6) the conversion hose kit.

dont forget that the use of turbo 4 pots will poke your wheels out about another 1/4" each side.