Brake Upgrade Information

Spetz said:
Dawn, is that $40 per rotor or total?
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$40 total. Cash. Friday arvo price. (wink wink)

Also different rotors ie plain, slotted or cross drilled all depends on budget and what you are using the vehicle for. Plain rotors are what standard factory road vehicles use. Most high performance factory vehicles use a slotted/drilled combination. EG. HSV and FPV. The dealership I work at services the local highway patrol SS Commodores. When the rotors and pads are worn the fleet companys require they are replaced with slotted/drilled gold series. They feed back is good with the cops saying they stop quicker and are less prone to fade, which is the idea of these styles of rotors. So it goes back to budget/use.
As Hens quite rightly stated, it is an expensive option. Wouldn't matter you go with RDA or DBA, both are expensive options over standard. I was going for the DBA option so I could replace the rotors only once they went to undersize without having to go through the hassle of finding and redrilling FTO rotors. The price put an end to the idea.
 
Hens, I couldn't find the DBA402B part number on the online DBA catalogue.
Is this a rotor which is readily available or made on order? And do you know what car uses the 276mm/4X100 rotor?
 
Mini cooper 02-06, 1.6L engine uses 276mm rotors with 4x100mm configuration, and 64mm centre bore, meaning no need to get hubcentric rings
 
Then why did you ask which one it was?? He just gave you the answer. The reason the coopers are used is because they're the only ones that come 4x100 in 276mm with the right centre bore already. No Mistubishi rotors come in this size and stud pattern
 
Didn't realize that it was directed at my question.
Hens mentioned the center bore is 69mm though not 64mm?
And I assumed it was from another Mitsubishi vehicle
 
Your choices for a 4x100 276mm rotor are:

1. 4x114.3 VR4/Evo 1-3 rotor - which requires both redrilling to 4x100 and hub rings for centrebore 69mm -> 64mm

2. Mini Cooper S 02-06 rotor - which is already the correct stud pattern and centrebore, but 2mm thinner

There are no other known factory options at this stage
 
what about CJ too ce? since this is a picture I too from my wreckers!

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check bolt spacing of calipers bracket
that is the main concern for fitment
 
i believe Tryg measured them a while back, and reported that they are 130mm bolt spacing.
 
Trondabron said:
i believe Tryg measured them a while back, and reported that they are 130mm bolt spacing.
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CJ Lancer calipers are from Lucas.
Pad options for that are pretty crap.
Disc rotor specs are slightly different but within 1mm or so from each other so you can interchange it.
 
Try it. You might be an innovator, don't think anyone here's tried it. Although if its a similar setup to magnas you will probably run into problems with the abs system.
 
I know i'm asking a lot of questions but would i be able to use fto calipers? i have two fronts for my car :lol:
 
I must be getting tired read thru all of this and I still did not form any solid info...

Ok so I have a CH sitting in back yard that has all the parts I could ever want - what I am thinking of doing is swapping over the hubs and brakes from the wreck to the CE..

So question is has anyone done this yet...

I have sort of test fitted up the calyper to the CE shock and it is same spacing but the brake lines will need to be specially made up and the 2 bolt hole diameter on the strut will need to be made larger,

I do not know if the knuckle is going to be a match and I do not know the inside diameter were the shafts go...

asking questions to save me time
 
chowetime said:
I must be getting tired read thru all of this and I still did not form any solid info...

Ok so I have a CH sitting in back yard that has all the parts I could ever want - what I am thinking of doing is swapping over the hubs and brakes from the wreck to the CE..

So question is has anyone done this yet...

I have sort of test fitted up the calyper to the CE shock and it is same spacing but the brake lines will need to be specially made up and the 2 bolt hole diameter on the strut will need to be made larger,

I do not know if the knuckle is going to be a match and I do not know the inside diameter were the shafts go...

asking questions to save me time
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If I was you, I would use the caliper off the CH and then run redrilled 276mm 4x114 rotors (assuming your CH down there has the 276mm or whatever), should be a direct swap with just bolting the brake lines into the new caliper. Again you MC will be bigger and again should bolt into the CE. Though I know you want to use the CH's wheels, I can't say I'd know if it'd swap over (the hubs), so i can't help you there... If you were real desperate and wanted to run the CH rims you could use a stud adapter, but I wouldn't trust it tbh.
 
yeah I just need to get the car up off the ground now and start working on it... thanks anyway for the help and advice...
 
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