hi need some advise on changing my brakes i want to uprate them but dont know what will work has anyone done this to a sierra its got standarrrrd
i was thinking about xr4x4,st 220 calipers or anything better than mine can someone help me out please it would really help.
cheers
johnandhissaffy

 

If it's a 2wd then xr4i discs/calipers at 260mm will fit, IF the wheels are large enough(14" minimum), if you have 15" or more cossie 2wd calipers and discs are a straight fit, all you need to do is to tap a thread into the hole of the hub where the existing brak bolt passes through, it is already the right size for tapping out to 12 x1.5 I think it is, will need to measure, I did this on my mk1 2.0gl, this gives a massive gain, add to that drilled/grooved discs and some nice redstuff pads with braided lines, you'll be amazed at the difference, you could just do the bits as you have the money, ie just use any cheapo pad to start with ect std discs std brake lines, even the cheapo std ebc pads have kevlar and are excellent.
tabetha

 

go with focus rs front brake setup i got mine for 200 quid that was 4 pot brembos with discs and pads and i bought the adapter brakets for around 100 quid so for 300 quid u can have a set up of 325mm dics with 4 pot brembos come to think of it i got the adapter brakets of here

 

im using escort cosworth wheels in summer and lattice wheels for winter and its a 2wd and will i need to change the master cylinder

 

there isnt a any room with escos wheels, pretty sure you're limited to standard calipers

 

yea u would have to go 17's to run the brembos and if ya did you would have to change the master cylinder

 

do can i use standard cosworth calipers and master cylinder will that be ok

 

would have thought so

 

another set of calipers you could use are the granada 24v one's think they are 300mm discs think they will fit ok

 

oh cool they will stop me wont they as mine is only a twin cam is it a easy job to do

 

yes it will be mate, 2wd brakes are what you need, and do as tabatha said

could you use 4wd discs? arnt these a few mm bigger or is in not worth it?

 

thats the thing i have green stuff pads on at the moment and they are proper squikking and only changed them about 5 months ago they are shit think they might have a crack in them or something

so gona get nice brakes groved and vented discs and ill try them red stuff pads out

plus i want rear calipers as i have drums still what one do i go for do i just find a standard 2.0 liter and take the hole rear Axel off does it have a lsd aswell

 

any 2wd rear end will fit so just find one with brakes on

id go for a cossie one personally as that might have bigger antiroll bars and bigger brakes!?

EDIT: just read your bit about the diff, the cossie one will have a viscous diff, better than the standard open diff

 

so i can use a cosworth rear can u use the 1 from the scorpio

 

the simplest things first

ANY mk3 mondeo will donate it's front calipers
matched to some st170 mk1 focus discs
you just have to open up the brake holes to an M12

you "should" just be able to get them to fit under a set of 15's if you shave a fraction off the calipers

 

ahh dojj mate made me mind up im going for the standard cosworth calipers with groved and vented discs and some better pads
and a myster cylinder what one can i use shall i just stay with the cosworth one

 

You don't need to change the master cylinder, I never did, and tbh after fitting the braided lines at the same time there was less pedal travel than the previous set up with std hoses./discs/calipers.
If fitting rear discs be sure to swap over the proportioning valve with it.
tabetha

 

are my hubs the the same as the cossie hubs, same fixings or do i have to get them too i no i have to tap the hole out if i do that does all cossie stuff fit brake calliper ,disc ,exc and u do no my car was an 1600 at 1st so still has standard suspention at the moment