Posted April 30, 200618 yr Well, as i said i would be doing the conversion on Saturday, and i did First up was to take a pic just to remind me what was there in the first place As you can see, they are rather small and apart from not being very good, they also look silly behind the 17's To make them fit, you will have to grind about 4-5mm off the mounting face on the carrier but make sure this is straight and flat or the pads wont be making flat contact with the disc. I done it with a grinder a bit at a time until you have the desired clearence then cleaned the face up by hand file to make sure it was flat Next up was to drill out the hubs as the old carrier is held in place with m10 bolts and the new carriers take m12's. I used a die grinder but a suitable drill bit will do the same.Then i got some M12 bolts and bolted the carrier up to see how much needed to be removed from the bolt as it only needs to be long enough to pass through the hubs and through the carrier and be flush with the front face of the hubs. Here you can see the finished carrier bolted up to the hub Now its just as case of fitting the pads for that part of the job Next up was to do the brake pipes which is a simple jobI just used Mondeo pipes and they obviously bolt to the back of the calipers and conected to the steel pipe on the inner wing. I still have to remove the brackets from the Mondeo which i will do next week so i used c-clips bolted just under the steel pipes to fix for now but it worth doing this first if you are going to do this job so it will save you a bit of time So, with that sorted, now you just have to bleed the system and lower and go for a test drive Heres the finished job and i can say the differance is night and day and well worth the time and trouble and looks a lot better behind the wheels RegardsIan
May 5, 200618 yr Author So, has anyone else done this conversionThey are now bedded in and i can say that when i slammed the brakes on, i was lifted out of the chair RegardsIan
May 5, 200618 yr Yup, mine are Cossie's which are the same. I also have rear discs, so you can imagine how well mine stops. Great aren't they
May 5, 200618 yr Yup, mine are Cossie's which are the same. I also have rear discs, so you can imagine how well mine stops. Also good when you don't have brake lights
May 5, 200618 yr Author So much better than std Next up is the exhaust which i have piper to thank for that. Thats going on in the morning Then i shall do a disc conversion on the rearIm thinking rs2k complete beam or similerIs that the way to go??Ian
May 6, 200618 yr Im thinking rs2k complete beamIs that the way to go??Ian got it in one mate. you will just need a mk6 RS2K handbrake cable Edited May 6, 200618 yr by bluliz
May 6, 200618 yr Author Im thinking rs2k complete beamIs that the way to go??Ian got it in one mate. you will just need a mk6 RS2K handbrake cable The surch begins Anyone got one going???RegardsIan
May 6, 200618 yr Author Cheers for that Rob and i have pm'd the guyModding the scort till the sierra comes come is a good thing as ill end up with two modded carsThe scort was only spossed to be my run-a-round RegardsIan
May 6, 200618 yr could of just used escort cosworth 4x4 front discs, then ur would not of had 2 grind down the caliper carrier still look sweet though
May 6, 200618 yr Author could of just used escort cosworth 4x4 front discs, then ur would not of had 2 grind down the caliper carrier Yes i know that but seeing as i had a pair V6 calipers sitting around in good nick i thought i would be rude not to find a home for them RegardsIan
May 6, 200618 yr v6 mondeo calipers and carriers r same as all 4x4 cosworth front calipers, just depends on what discs u use for the hub offset dude, i had mondeo discs with washers behind now i have escort ones and then dont need washers, but didnt no i could use em at the time and mondeo discs were cheeper
May 6, 200618 yr Author Yes, Mondeo discs are deffo cheaper and still come in at 280mm. The mondeo v6 came with two caliper sizes to which mine were the large onesRegardsIan
May 6, 200618 yr think i got my cosworth from calipers off a scorpio cosworth in the end havent fitted them, dont think i will or will put em on my fiesta track car, when i find a good fiesta, takin along time there all roten 2 fook
May 7, 200618 yr I wouldn't mind doing this my self is there anything different about fitting them to a MK5 escort?
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