ka brake upgrades
31-12-2003, 02:57 PM
#1
ka brake upgrades
right, the standard brakes on my ka are.....dangerous!! 
they r so crap!! so, should i buy.....
(a) tarox disks, pads, and braided hoses
or
(b) upgrade to the brakes of another ford eg. escort, mondeo if this is possible??!
which would give me the best braking power? i kno (a) wil cost me £150 or so, but how much will (b) cost if it is possible? bearing in mind i have 14" wheels on at the mo but wil most likely have 15's in the new year!
thanks!
aaron
they r so crap!! so, should i buy.....(a) tarox disks, pads, and braided hoses
or
(b) upgrade to the brakes of another ford eg. escort, mondeo if this is possible??!
which would give me the best braking power? i kno (a) wil cost me £150 or so, but how much will (b) cost if it is possible? bearing in mind i have 14" wheels on at the mo but wil most likely have 15's in the new year!
thanks!
aaron
23-01-2004, 07:26 PM
#6
i had 2.0l (260mm) mondeo brakes on my fiesta. I'm from bangor used to drive a red zetec with 15" saturns? i now have a red escort RS turbo DCZ 3869. give me a flash sometime and i'll tell you what you need to do to put them on. they will be more than enough for a ka, its also cheap to do.
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05-04-2004, 09:08 PM
#9
Originally Posted by RS nutter
i had 2.0l (260mm) mondeo brakes on my fiesta. I'm from bangor used to drive a red zetec with 15" saturns? i now have a red escort RS turbo DCZ 3869. give me a flash sometime and i'll tell you what you need to do to put them on. they will be more than enough for a ka, its also cheap to do.
wer the mondeo brakes good?? definately think ill go for a set of them if they r 
15-04-2004, 05:01 PM
#11
yeah, they are really good, much better bite than the standard brakes. I know someone who was going to do this conversion, but has now lost interest and has the callipers, carriers and disks for sale for £40 if you are interested?
15-04-2004, 05:49 PM
#13
discs are new. pads where to come from muckle but where lost and are still to be resolved. the calipers have been cleaned up and are painted gold similar to the new standard ford calipers. (i am the friend who is selling them by the way 
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15-04-2004, 05:52 PM
#14
Originally Posted by rsturboo
discs are new. pads where to come from muckle but where lost and are still to be resolved. the calipers have been cleaned up and are painted gold similar to the new standard ford calipers. (i am the friend who is selling them by the way )
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15-04-2004, 05:55 PM
#15
yeah i know 45 quid down the drains. was meant to have them 9 months ago. 
i had outstanding thins for my escort which i got sorted but i forgot about the pads cause it was so long ago. you'll need to get a pair of thicker bolts to cnvert your car and drill slightly larger holes to let the bolts fit through. but the brakes are a good job, they near put you thrugh the windscreen of my mates fiesta
i had outstanding thins for my escort which i got sorted but i forgot about the pads cause it was so long ago. you'll need to get a pair of thicker bolts to cnvert your car and drill slightly larger holes to let the bolts fit through. but the brakes are a good job, they near put you thrugh the windscreen of my mates fiesta
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