Brake pads

[manek]

I know this has been asked a gazillion times b4 but I forget the answer. Front pads for a 95 Chimaera 4.0 -- Sierra or Granada (or other)?

TIA

[trefor]

Escort RS Turbo or Sierra 2.0L - same part I think. I thought you had uprated front brakes?

Interestingly, my old 1.3 shedscort calipers were identical ... not tried swapping pads though.

T/.

[hughjayteens]

Mine has Griff 500 brakes - What pads are in these?

[kerniki]

Escort Cosworth in the 500's, I think

[jj_work]

guys some info for you...

Front : Ford Escort RS Turbo Mk II (1985-90) (without wear indicators - or just cut them off when you replace them)
Rear : Ford Escort Cosworth 4WD (1991-96)

Although various combinations were fitted to all sorts of Fords, order for those and you wont go wrong.

I use EBC Greenstuff (Part No DP2605/2) on the front and Mintex1144 (Part MDB1287) on the rear. The Mintex ones seem quite dusty whereas the EBC seem better, this is a bit odd as I'd heard that EBC were a bit soft and therefore presumeably more dusty. Don't know what the P/N for greenstuff on the rear is though...

This is true for my '96 4.0 chimp & my Mates '96 Griff 500.

jj (cheers Matt)

>> Edited by jj_work on Tuesday 19th March 22:01

[manek]

quote:
Escort RS Turbo or Sierra 2.0L - same part I think. I thought you had uprated front brakes?

Interestingly, my old 1.3 shedscort calipers were identical ... not tried swapping pads though.

T/.

Just a big brake upgrade from Tower View -- same calipers, bigger discs...

[manek]

TVM for responses (esp. the EBC part number).

[karenH]

Got EBC Green Stuff all round - it stops!

[SMB]

Before you buy , suggest you measure the size of the front disks, 4.0 Chimaera's around 95 had smaller front disks (240mm diameter- ex Ford Escort XR3i I beleive), the numbers above are for the 260mm fronts)

[squirrelz]

quote:
I use EBC Greenstuff (Part No DP2605/2) on the front and Mintex1144 (Part MDB1287) on the rear. The Mintex ones seem quite dusty whereas the EBC seem better, this is a bit odd as I'd heard that EBC were a bit soft and therefore presumeably more dusty.

The EBC pads are supposed to have a significantly higher carbonisation point, which means that they don't produce black dust until they're well above normal operating temperature. Well, that's what their marketing stuff says.....
I certainly found that EBC pads produced very little dust on my Rover, but I've heard comments that they wear out disks faster.

[manek]

I don't mind wearing out discs. What I do mind is not being able to do more than a handful of laps on track before the brakes start giving up but I'm not prepared right now to spend a grand upgrading the hardware...

[shpub]

quote:
Before you buy , suggest you measure the size of the front disks, 4.0 Chimaera's around 95 had smaller front disks (240mm diameter- ex Ford Escort XR3i I beleive), the numbers above are for the 260mm fronts)

Yes and also check the pad sizes. The pads may fit but can have reduced material which reduces the contact and the braking performance.

Steve
www.tvrbooks.co.uk

[vinny]

My 95 N has EBC greenstuff pads, Code DP 2415 front (Escort COSSIE) DP2617 rear (sierra Cossie). Work well on the road.
Vinnie

[vinny]

O and discs are cheap from ford dealers or decent motor factors.

[manek]

I tried EBC DP2605/2 and they were not quite the right size -- think they're for the later cars (260mm discs). Mine I think has 240mm discs (or had -- they're upgraded to 285mm discs but using the same calipers).

So if you're the owner of a 1995 Chimaera 4.0 (as I am) then this is NOT the part number for you.