Club G40 Forum
Technical => Chassis & Braking => Topic started by: dazzle53 on September 29, 2009, 10:27:26 pm
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hi ive got a secd of mk2 golf 16v front disks and calipers, these are 256mm disk. what do i need to make them fit to my g40?. can i run these calipers or do i have to change them?
thanks
darren
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You can run the calipers, but you need a pair of pad carriers from an old audi 5 cyl coupe.
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you can get vauxhall 256 redtop valva ones for £20 and they fit plus there better.
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do you mean just the pad carriers off a redtop?
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no he means the calipers, but if u get the calipers what caliper carriers do u need standard polo mk 3 ones vaxhall redtop ones or the audi 80 quattro ones??
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you can get vauxhall 256 redtop valva ones for £20 and they fit plus there better.
what makes them better out of interest?
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you can get vauxhall 256 redtop valva ones for £20 and they fit plus there better.
what makes them better out of interest?
Better?? or just a hell of a lot easier to come by??
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the piston is bigger in the vauxhall ones.
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yeah what carriers can i use with redtop calipers?? ???
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again i second that what caliper carriers for redtop vaxhall calipers does any one know where to getg some redtop vaxhall calipers from new and or used??
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you use the red top calipers but buy different bolts for them. people sell the bolts on clubpolo,
you can buy the callipers and that from any scrap yard/breakers.
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ok make this real simple for me cause other wise ill get it wrong! wich model car do i need to get calipers and carriers from ? and then i need m12 sholder bolts from club polo?? Too make it real basic for me what do i need to buy for the conversion write me a shopping list if any one can and where to get from would be a great help :) thanks guys
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you need calipers and carriers from a :-
astra mk2 GTE 16v
cav GSI or SRI 16v 1991 on
astra mk3 GSI 1991 to 1996
maybe others ill ask my mate he is a vauxhall nut.
these.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/astra-gte-16v-calipers-and-disc-brakes_W0QQitemZ270462134202QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item3ef8cca7ba&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
disks for a mk2 golf 256mm gti.
yea the shoulder bolts from club polo.
if you wanted to you could fit 280's from a cav turbo or calibra turbo with G60 disks i think.
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This sounds interesting! Supid question! Will they fit with the original 13" wheels or does one need to go to 14" or more?
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depends on the wheels may fit under 13's but its hard to say all depends on the setup!
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unless you have some really fancy 13's they wont go under them.
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what about the servo and master cylinder? keep the G40 one or upgrade?
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id go with a golf mk2 16v master.
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again should be fairly easy to get hold of i would of thought, have really been contenplating this for a while, however every time i tweak the rear drums up and adjust the hand brake i think the brakes are amazing again (well as amazing as they will ever get).
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i have 4 pot 300mm hi specs on the front and golf gti mk4 rear calipers/disks on the back and they are still not amazing :D
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i have 4 pot 300mm hi specs on the front and golf gti mk4 rear calipers/disks on the back and they are still not amazing :D
Hahahaha, I reckon you just drive to fast :-) only issue I have is that my mate has my 14’s and I have his 13’s, after a short conversation I don’t think he wants to swap back lol.
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you'll be surprised what a difference good disks and pads make! so you can stick with your 239's.
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Oh yes dont get me wrong i have good dics and pads, braided hoses dot 5:1 fluid and all new rear drums/shoes etc spent a lot on it all but a great improvement i think, just need to tweak the handbrake again as i have done 500 since all the new stuff but still i think they work well.
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i got sum shoulder bolts if ne1 needs sum