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Old 19-12-2006, 05:11 PM
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hi happy xmas
hopfully santa gona bring me a hydaulic hand brake for the ecos and i also want rear calipers i have the 300mm disks on the rear and the brake is s*it and cant do handbrake turns anyone suggest anyting as thats all ican think of???to short my prob?
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Old 19-12-2006, 06:26 PM
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You need to a have a seperate system for your handbrake to your normal brakes. If you just plumb in the hydraulic handbrake you car will fail the MOT. That means either keeping the handbake cable, even though it will actually do nothing. Or using seperate callipers for you handbrake.
Old 19-12-2006, 08:07 PM
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got 335mm rear discs on mine,just had these monster handbrake calipers back from hi-spec motorsport,after me getting all the bits chromed, who needs a seperate handbrake caliper lol

sorry for the crap pic, merry xmas!!

Old 19-12-2006, 09:06 PM
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looks very bling that and an easy bolt on that will do the trick job but i like my hard to make AP twin jobby as i looks
Old 19-12-2006, 09:24 PM
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ive waited a long time to get these sorted dunc, there basically the same as ive already got on there,minus the handbrake bit. just got to wait for a nice day now and il swap them over ive got that use to not putting the handbake on i probably wont use it anyway now lol.

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Old 20-12-2006, 06:36 AM
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didnt know that you didnt have a handbrake at all
Old 20-12-2006, 05:43 PM
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love the chrome brakes ( i want some )

but, you can not do handbrake turns on an escort or 4x4 saff as its permanent 4 wheel drive.
you will just keep moving or lock all 4 wheels.

if you want to do handbrake turns you need to convert to RWD / fit a electronic center diff ( as grp A cars had )...........

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I have the hi spec catalogue arriving any day now.

i cant wait to see it.



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handbrake turns????
if its a standard gearbox 4wd, its not meant to have the rear wheels
stopped for a hb turn, there are rally gearboxes that have handbrake
release,and they cost££££££'s
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Originally Posted by S.Hannah
I have the hi spec catalogue arriving any day now.

i cant wait to see it.



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you can view alot of there stuff on there website mate
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