Caueskt

Hey mates I have a question:

I'm in a Escort XR3 MK3 project and intend to install Brembo calipers... I'd like to know which models and or specifications it needs to have to fit in the classic '14 cloveleaf alloy wheels?

Do Focus RS' calipers fit? I heard Fiat Coupe Brembo calipers would do. How hard to adapt them?


Thanks!

Cauê
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rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

you will struggle to fit any under 14 inch wheels i have some for sale but they require 16 inch wheels min

jammerrs

surely if theres a small enough disc the caliper would fit?

id imagine, S2 dics and fiat coupe calipers would fit under the wheels nicely

ST_BEAN

the standard rs brembos just fit and i really mean this. you cant even get a key down the side of the spokes on st170 alloys mate

Caueskt

Thanks for all replies!

So, Focus RS Brembo calipers and Fiat Coupe's ones should fit my '14 cloveleaf alloys, right? Like these ones:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Focus-RS-...d=p3286.c0.m14

I just like to be sure because I'll go after them, the discs I'd look for around here (Brazil) due to shipping costs.

Which countries I could find these calipers? Only U.k.?


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Twins

iTrader: (18)

they will NOT fit under the cloverleaf alloys ,i run 17" comps and they just fit under them

phil_rs

iTrader: (3)

I reckon you would just about get standard escort RS turbo discs and callipers under your wheels

wirralphil

Was thinkin the same.

If it is a 4pot system you want then maybe Wilwood or the likes or to keep it for some 2wd calipers.

Problem in fitting the Focus Rs calipers is that the radius means the pad will not have full contact on a smaller disc, not to mention the problems with fitting under a 14inch wheel.

For a simple upgrade maybe try the 280mm Fiesta St Brakes with the std Fiesta St calipers of a coswroth 2wd if they fit.

toff

iTrader: (1)

what about brembo's off the back of a scobby

wirralphil

can't see a handbrake caiper work regardless of make or name

toff

iTrader: (1)

Hand brake doesnt work thro the rear calipers

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

2wd 4 pots just fit under my 15"rst wheels with a 278mm disc,doubt they will go under 14" ones you will struggle,let alone fit brembos,as said above you will need at least 17"s

Caueskt

Again, thank you all!

Oh dear... So no Brembo options for my cloverleaf wheels?

Let me picture a bit of my project, I own a Brazilian Escort XR3 MK3 (86 hp) and I recently got a new and almost complete Ford 2.0 16V Duratec engine... I intend to turbo charge it, I guess it would be around 300 hp at least... But my idea is keeping the car's look like original outside, with a few eurostyle elements. The cloverleaf wheel is a Must for my project.

I'm thinking of the suspension and brakes for the upgrade, and I always liked authentic Brembo calipers as I reckon it as a good system and I admit that I fancy this brand very much.

I don't really know much about RS brake system as here in Brazil there is no REAL Ford RS...

So I'm open to suggestions for this brake upgrade, but I really would like to be able to install Brembo calipers in my XR3.


Thanks

Cauê
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jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

leave the body as is then fit bigger wheels,to fit brembo calipersyou will need better brakes and suspension mods for the more powerfull engine so just fit the bigger wheels and job done

Caueskt

Hehehe! If there was a bigger cloverleaf wheel I wouldn't think twice! But this wheel is the main identity of the model, I can't leave it...


Thanks

Cauê
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Caueskt

Here I'm again with the same doubt... But now over WILWOOD 4pot calipers:

Which Wilwood 4pot model would fit under my '14 cloverleaf wheels? (I gave up Brembo ones)

Would this one fit: http://forums.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=131879


Thanks

Cauê
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