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QuoteAnd I have a box of front calipers in the shed!TB was enquiring about front calipers James
Thee and me bothWhat I was getting at was because Martins car had vented REAR discs with the wider calipers, both could be fitted to a car that has solid REAR discs without issue. THIS IS ONLY AS A COMPLETE UPGRADE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE WIDER CALIPERS BE FITTED WITH SOLID DISCS
Should also be stamped '42' on the outside face of the caliper.
Potentially, the front caliper will bolt onto the rear hub... BUT, rear discs are 10mm smaller in diameter, and vented discs are 20 mm thick at the rear/24 mm at the front. Front caliper piston area is about twice the size of the rear ones, so as Kevin has pointed out, fitting front calipers to the rear WITHOUT uprating the front brakes will almost certainly cause a problem. Also it is not known if the position of the front caliper will foul the disc when bolted to the rear hub
Edited rather obviously...
Oh well, another mad idea out of the window
I'll just have to learn to drive slower
If you've the parts to try it, hypothetically speaking of course, and only to establish that they physically fit... then please add your findings to the Brake Upgrades thread in Car Chat, as I was thinking along similar lines for the rear once the fronts have bigger discs/calipers fitted
about bloody time though. Get it sorted Ron.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula-one/25766407
(Let's see if we can discuss Mclaren for once, without Cleggy banging on about Shaun bloody Michaels, or whatever his name is
Hi James
Does it include the cranked spanner with the kit ?
