BRAKE UPGRADES

[griffman]

Looking to get my brakes upgraded on my griff 4.0. anyone had this done and who do you recommend?live in bedfordshire area.

[griffman]

sorry you chim owners didnt mean to put this in your section.

[2 sheds]

Try Paul or Steve @ Guglielmi Motorsport, Daventry 01327 878425
Tim

[Big Al.]

griffman said:

sorry you chim owners didnt mean to put this in your section.

No problems, consider it moved. OH

[Nacnud]

You could also search PH for comments on the factory upgrade to 5 stud spider alloys complete with bigger brakes. I hear it's a really good deal.

[Guillotine]

willwood do a bolt on, but you may have to skim the front wheels (15")depends it not always required.

i think you can only go to 284 mm without a 16" wheel conversion hence high prices for 2nd hand estorils.

ap 4 pots are available from dealers but again coversions are required.

you could put larger discs on uprate your pads and use existing calipers on stand off but it gets a bit messy

'bout 2p's worth i think...

[shpub]

Tower View

www.t-v-r-services.co.uk

[Trefor]

I've got 285mm discs and 4 pot calipers and they fit inside 15 and (dur or course 16 inch Chimaera wheels). Email me and I'll send you a picture back (the images are sat on my home PC and I can't be arsed to upload them).

Cost £569 all in including adapters, Mintex 1144s, discs, calipers. Dead easy to fit - just make sure your flexi hoses have the right connectors at the caliper end (might be worth buying the hoses at the same time to be sure).

www.hispecmotorsport.co.uk/sports_car_kits.htm

[chimhunter]

As Steve said, T-V-R Services. I've just (well, Saturday) got the Chim back from having the £399 upgrade. That was for 283mm groved and drilled front discs, adapters for the current calipers, new pads and brake hoses. After including fitting you're over £600. Don't forget to include the cost of fitting in any quotes.

As for the upgrade, I'm still bedding them in at the moment. The initial pedal feel is softer but there is so much more power there when you brake harder. Much more confidence inspiring. The only downer was the car was left outside in the rain at some point and got all dirty. If that's the worst I can say then I'm a happy man.

Rob

[pete]

I can second the recommendation for the Tower View 285mm setup. The car feels much better balanced with the upgraded fronts and standard rears, and there's noticeably more stopping power than the weedy old 260mm fronts.

I went for the drilled/grooved discs, red dot pads, braided hoses and adaptors. Note that fitting is not a job for the mechanically inept; there is some hole tapping and grinding of brackets to be done, and they are a somewhat safety critical part of the car...

Pete

[GarryM]

This may be another urban myth but... if you track your car (or maybe just drive very hard from time to time) the bigger drilled discs with original callipers can crack. This may be due to the original pad being fairly small and heating the disc unevenly. (The pads fitted to 4-pot callipers are much larger.) I've been recommended to upgrade the calliper if I want to fit larger discs for this reason.

[shpub]

Bit of an urban.

The only disc cracking I have had has been with big callipers!

The pad area on some 4 pots is actually quite small e.g the AP Princess callipers. It will vary depending on which one is fitted.



>> Edited by shpub on Monday 1st September 13:17

[mojorider]

I had the full AP job done to my 98 450 chim and it was a massive difference. It was on the high side of cost (over 1k) but well worth the money.

Also had Nitrons fitted which has helped with the braking, no nose dive or tail lift.

[keirangrogan]

Seem to remember reading in sprint the the factory are offering a brake upgrade complete with a set of spider alloys & tyres for less than 2K.