brake discs?

[arthur dent]

i want to uprate the brake discs front and rear
on my 95 griff 500. i know they are ford discs but would like to know which ones. if anyone has upgraded
there discs and can recommend a make any help would be much appreciated.

[2 sheds]

i think the 500 discs are XR4 , i'm sure somebody will confirm.

[shpub]

The brake discs have come from a variety of sources (Granada, Sierras, Escorts etc) with slight differences in the offset which means that the uprights, brake callipers and discs are matched. In other words measure the ones that you have and get the replacement to match those. If you don't you may be unlucky enough to find your nice new discs do not fit correctly or even worse!

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[budd]

Fitted a big disc kit on my Griff a year ago I've done afew track days and noticed a big improvement.The kit supplied by Hi-spec motorsrort consists of,284mm grooved(not drilled)discs,
spacers to move the calipers to the right poition, Mintex 1144 pads and all the nuts+bolts.

[s_i_hunter]

Budd,

Any pics and what was the damage?

[v8 mark]

I fitted TAROX cross drilled and grooved discs (sierra items) and RED-DOT pads to my 96' Griff 500. Looks nicer and more importantly works better....Cost 150.00 all in....

[jj_work]

Have a look at this

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=8&h=&t=13868

Since then I've also replaced the rear's with the same (I like a matching set). They work well enough, but personally I don't like the feel of the grooves on the discs through the brake pedal. When you're pushing on quite hard, you can really feel the grooves slicing away at the pads. I would personally go for just drilled if you can get them. These were the same parts as used by my mate with his 96 Griff 500.
jj

[GreenV8S]

jj_work said:I would personally go for just drilled if you can get them. These were the same parts as used by my mate with his 96 Griff 500.
jj

I recommend staying well away from drilled discs if you're doing any track work, they are prone to crack when they overheat. Can be nasty.

[Jochen]

I have upgraded my 240mm front disk (Griff 430) to a 283mm disk plus a plug and play caliper.
The front disk is the original Sierra Cosworth 2WD and the caliper is from the Sierra Cosworth 4WD or Escort Cosworth turbo 4WD (they have different Part Numbers but they are the same). The space between disk and caliper is just 1 mm but it fits without any changes.
(the original Sierra Cosworth 4WD disc is just 279 mm, that is the reason for the 1mm gap)
Cheers Jochen

[joospeed]

there's going to be a big AP disc and 4 pot conversion for the chim / griff / S models arriving shortly .. will be expensive though .. but looks great in the pics I was sent

[shpub]

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I recommend staying well away from drilled discs if you're doing any track work, they are prone to crack when they overheat. Can be nasty.

See page 184 in the new bible for an example. Managed to split both front discs almost into 2. The bell was the only thing holding them together.

[arthur dent]

thanks for all the advice guys. i'll get out and give my discs a looking at with a tape this weekend.

[jellison]

best compromise if not upgrading the master cylinder is to get 283/5 mm AP front upgrade discs + caliper spacer plate - Nice imporvement - but not perfect, but AP and master change as Joolz sez will be Big Bucks!

[jellison]

best compromise if not upgrading the master cylinder is to get 283/5 mm AP front upgrade discs + caliper spacer plate - Nice imporvement - but not perfect, but AP and master change as Joolz sez will be Big Bucks!