Front brake upgrade

[dixiebabes]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good upgrade for the front brakes or has anybody got any of the afore mentioned for sale. I have heard princess 4 pot calipers are the way to go!!! Iv looked on the bay but they dont seem to have muany for sale at the mo.

Dix

[PoleDriver]

I got mine from Here
They have a few different options!

[Wedg1e]

Mike Bressington's article on 4-piston AP's from the Princess is here:

http://www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk/maint_brake_refurb....

You can get stainless pistons for them. The 10mm spacers to suit the vented Granada disc are no longer available, or maybe they are, depending on who you talk to.

[Mr Tank]

Wedg1e said:

Mike Bressington's article on 4-piston AP's from the Princess is here:

http://www.tvrwedgepages.co.uk/maint_brake_refurb....

You can get stainless pistons for them. The 10mm spacers to suit the vented Granada disc are no longer available, or maybe they are, depending on who you talk to.

10mm spacers on f-bay today!

Andy

[Act Daft]

I got these on mine http://www.wms-brakes.com/

[GV]

Mr Tank said:

10mm spacers on f-bay today!

Andy

When I put vented Granda disks on mine 10mm was not enough, I had to get 12mm spacers from a well known brake refurb outfit to fit....

[908glen]

Got mine from the same place as Poledriver and i have to say they are very good indeed.

[dixiebabes]

Whew expensive then, bloody heck. Might be better looking on ebay and getting them refurbed. Trouble is im not wanting to buy somthing that dont fit and im a bit clueless when trawling the flea.

Dix

[MarkS1966]

Did any of you notice the vented brake set that David Gerald was advertising at the Fest?
Seemed reasonable at £200 a pair or £260 with green stuff pads and braided hoses.
Seems like a bargain to me and is a direct fit
Hope this helps?
Mark

[voltage_maxx]

I've just fitted this setup to mine - couldn't tell you what it's like yet as never had the car on the road!

Standard M16 calipers with a vented spacer kit from Rally Design.
Standard Mk2 Granny vented discs.
Ferodo DS2500 pads.
HEL braided stainless steel brake lines.

The rears will be rebuilt to standard spec but with DS2500 pads and the remaining SS brake line from the HEL kit I bought.

[dixiebabes]

MarkS1966 said:

Did any of you notice the vented brake set that David Gerald was advertising at the Fest?
Seemed reasonable at £200 a pair or £260 with green stuff pads and braided hoses.
Seems like a bargain to me and is a direct fit
Hope this helps?
Mark

Anybody got a phone number for David gerald?

Dix

[pistolar]

I have sitting in my garage somewhere a Tuscan Red Rose conversion for the wedge. (Calipers, discs, bells and caliper brackets) I think will only fit a 17" wheel shod car though.

[MarkS1966]

dixiebabes said:

MarkS1966 said:

Did any of you notice the vented brake set that David Gerald was advertising at the Fest?
Seemed reasonable at £200 a pair or £260 with green stuff pads and braided hoses.
Seems like a bargain to me and is a direct fit
Hope this helps?
Mark

Anybody got a phone number for David gerald?

Dix

Hiya Dix, Here you go:

David Gerald
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.davidgeraldtvr.com

Hope this helps?

Mark

[Dogmanandy]

pistolar said:

I have sitting in my garage somewhere a Tuscan Red Rose conversion for the wedge. (Calipers, discs, bells and caliper brackets) I think will only fit a 17" wheel shod car though.

I would be interested in that Pistolar, do you have a price in mind
Regards
Andy

[pistolar]

Dogmanandy said:

pistolar said:

I have sitting in my garage somewhere a Tuscan Red Rose conversion for the wedge. (Calipers, discs, bells and caliper brackets) I think will only fit a 17" wheel shod car though.

I would be interested in that Pistolar, do you have a price in mind
Regards
Andy

I would want £450 collected from essex

[barrington]

pistolar said:

I would want £450 collected from essex

hi dogmanandy this is a pic of my brakes they are the same set up as pistolars

[superwedge]

your brakes are so big dave , i think they would stop a jumbo jet,

[RCK974X]

There is an article on the web about a Toyota conversion for a TR6.

Before you say "What?" ... Cortina/Granada/Wedge (non-vented) have M16 calipers, which are the metric version of the PB16 fitted to stuff like TR6. Later TR6s actually had M16 calipers with special bolts (metric shank, imperial thread).

It's a USA site, but their article confirms that Toyota 'Pickup' (Landcruiser ?) 4 pot calipers fit the non-vented TR6 perfectly, and therefore they should fit a Wedge too. (don't know if there might be wheel fouling issues though).

www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-conversion.shtml

just a thought as it's probably a cheaper way to get 4 pots - Toyota stuff is everywhere here in NZ, it's one of the things I would look at for a brake upgrade....

[simonwedge]

These are mine, calipers are Mitsubishi Evo, discs are BMW X5 - both machined to fit.

P.S. that's waxoyl on the chassis not rust!

[mk2 24v]

simonwedge, that looks very similar to the front setup i have

i take it theres a bracket to go from the original hub mounts to the brembo caliper lugs?
and what size discs are those and what size wheels do you use?