i really want a big brake conversion, wilwood do a 283mm kit £460 but i got to buy pads hoses and fluid, i was quoted a 4x4 cossy conversion for £520 everything in apart from hoses, or do i just get a bracket conversion and keep my calipers just run bigger disks? Real confused ? Whats the best alround, sensibly priced brake conversion for a s2?

 

mate look on e-bay or in newspapers,the loot.......etc you will pick up a pair of cossy calipers from a saff 4x4 for around 80-100 quid the discs you can get from any local motor parts store 80-100 pair ,(make sure their 2wd ones) and 4x4 pads too (40)whole lot should cost around 300 tops! job done! fitting is easy mate!

 

Go for the kit Gadget used to do, not heard anyone say anything bad about em

 

Don't go near Wilwood.....


What kind of power have you got, and what do you use the car for? I think you will find that a Cosworth set up all round will be fine for fast road use. It's only on the track you will need something a bit more beefy, like AP's.

 

Wilwood are pants, as we all found out with mine - couldn't stop a damn thing

Tony, AP's as we know are the daddy - or custom Brembo's like Christian and Phil has/had

 

got bout 200bhp, gunna do a bit of track time so need something that can take abit of abuse! with the cossy set up do i need to make up some brackets or do they fit straight on the hub?

 

www.zoomotorsport.co.uk

 

cheers for that, gave the guy a ring and he sorted me out with a complete cossy setup!

 

No problem
U mean Gadget or Brom?

 

who's gadget or brom?

 

brom @ zoo
gadget as suggested above

So who's supplying the brakes mate

 

ah, zoo motorsport, cant wait to feel the difference, at the end of the runway at santa pod i cld feel my brakes fading so bad! new fluid and braided hoses i think too! just polybushed my whole car so its handling like a dream, chuck it into any corner and it slides in no understeer at all also it corners alot quicker too you feel the wheels gripping better!! wiv me new brakes too im going to be buying some track time!!

 

Please for you mate, hope all goes well

 

for Brom

Do you still have the ABS fitted ? Most people report better brakes if its removed

 

Tony, give the lad the low down, I'm sure he can do it

 

low down James ?

 

yeah, REALLY loooooow lol

i.e how to do it

 

He may already have it done

 

yea its still on, i had a gander at the abs the otherday, i bled the modualtors but didnt notice ne difference, if i rip it off im guessing il av to fit another servo unit and master cylinder, theres loads of pipes coming off the abs! just bn playing around in me motor and the rear locks up wen i hit breaks mid corner, great fun sliding around backing it in to corners but a tad dangerous if i got to use my breaks in an emergency

 

Better get that sorted then before you kill it

 

What size wheels have you got?

I've been considering cossie brakes, but i weren't too sure if they would fit ok under 15's.

Did it come with calipers etc aswell, or did you just fit bigger discs?

 

i got 15's i hope it will fit under! wilwood 300mm fit under 15's, if it dont i will just machine a bit off the caliper but looking at the wheel theres about 30mm clearence on radius so im sure it will be fine, calipers carriers disks and pads, you av to space the carriers from the hub using washers though!
what to do about this abs? is it difficult to remove?

 

how much did that set you back for the whole cossie front braked conversion??

 

£300, seems like a pretty gd deal recon calipers are 195 sterling pounds!

 

wow thats not bad i think i mite be giving them a ring tommorrow. so its the cossie 4x4 calipers,pads, 2wd 283mm discs and brackets??

 

you got it

 

but there only standard discs and pads but they'll be ok wont they?

 

i think their standard disk and pads, might not be?! wel i only av standard o.e set up and my brakes are pretty gd, so increasing the dia and having 4pot calipers should see a big inprovement, i should av them in the nxt few days il post up a msg to say how gd they are!!

 

cool if you could do that because i aint gonna oder mine til the end of month.

cheers mate

 

4x4 calipers aint 4 pots!

 

And bigger wheels may be needed depending on size/offsets

 

just got this info of www.turbocharger.co.uk

 

fitted my bigbrake kit and bn doing some extensive bedding in last few hrs, wat a difference it has made high speed braking so good just wish i went for grvd disks and performance pads as i only got o.e. ones, nxt on the shopping list!!

 

ive used wilwood 4 pots , i thought they were great tbh , this was in 97 , when i had a h reg grey turbo, that was quite lively at 220 bhp , but i did have grooved disks also , i would use wilwood again based on the set i had fitted back in the day , right now i have the st brakes, and in all fairness they are a lot better than standard , but still . not the best out there

 

so there pretty impressive the front cossie set up?? have u still got the abs on it?

 

yea i still got abs on it, really cant be rsd to take drive shafts out n all just too remove the abs! the brakes work so good though! def recommend this set up, cheap big brake setup!!

 

cool mate i think ill be doing the same this month.

 

Im thinkin about doing this brake upgrade, so does everything fit under the standard 15s?

Nick

 

yea fits under ford 15", the pads are bedding in and my brakes just keep getting better! u actually have better control in the wet cuz u dont hav to press so hard too brake so theres no need to slam ur brakes on and definately can brake alot later!! My toyo proxies are f'n great too, never had tyres which work so well in the wet, no wheel spin at all booting in second and third and wen braking the just bite the tarmac!!