pigiron
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| posted on 16/12/12 at 09:19 PM |
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Sierra front brakes & 13" rims ???
Good evening gents, not a Lowcost chassis but there seems to be a good amount of 'genuine' knowlege here hence my request for
information.
I am after advice regarding fitting 13" rims over 'standard' Sierra or possibly other Ford brakes.
The car I am building is a very light RWD Ford KA autocross car, consequently front brakes do very little work so big humungus brakes are totaly
overkill and a waste of sparse funds that would be better spent elsewhere.
At the front the car is fitted with Sierra coil-over struts, the rear is a custom DeDion set up with caliper lugs at Ford 90mm centres, I dont need a
hand brake so clearance should not be an issue and wondered if I could use a front caliper from the Ford range?
I seem to remember that some early low powered Sierras were fitted with 13" wheels?
Could I perhaps use calipers and discs from other Ford models?
I would prefer to keep things simple and dont want to get involved with making addapters, just bolt-on if poss.
Any advice most welcome.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 16/12/12 at 09:32 PM |
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My donor has 13 inch steelies. Was a F reg 1.8 CVH.
If your using non standard 13s, it will likely be the offset that causes issues catching on calipers.
[Edited on 16-12-12 by loggyboy]
Mistral Motorsport
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Dusty
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| posted on 16/12/12 at 10:54 PM |
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I run 13" minilite replicas on sierra hubs with the sierra 2.0L standard vented discs. No probs.
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snapper
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| posted on 17/12/12 at 06:39 AM |
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The only known issue is the handbrake springs on the rear caliper, there are smaller springs available or I believe some Golf rear calipers will
fit
The standard Sierra ofset is 38mm so most rims wil be that or less
13" rims fit over even the Vented front discs
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pigiron
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| posted on 17/12/12 at 09:13 AM |
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Thanks to all for the information, just the job.
Anyone have some 2.0 brakes for sale? ..... see my thread in Wanted.
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gaz_gaz
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| posted on 13/2/13 at 08:40 PM |
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Bump this up and can someone confirm that Sierra xr4x4 front brakes fit behind 13" wheels.
Just found a nice set of caterham wheels that I really want.
[Edited on 13/2/13 by gaz_gaz]
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