Disc brakes please !
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Disc brakes please !
Advice wanted on the best way to get disc brakes on the front wheels. And no thank-you, I don't want marina hubs and wheels ! Will Spridget or Spitfire front hubs with discs fit the Minor stub axle ? If I can get the discs on there I will be able to match up calipers ok.
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Quite a lot of the traders that advertise in the club magazine offer the kits. There are a few different types of kit available including Marina, Midget, Ford Escort and Ford Sierra calipers. For most of these kits you can specify which type of wheels you intend to use.
One of the most common kits is the Owen Burton one, and those who want the best engineered bits tend to consider the kit From JLH.
Like most things, there are a range of prices but generally you get what you pay for ;-)
One of the most common kits is the Owen Burton one, and those who want the best engineered bits tend to consider the kit From JLH.
Like most things, there are a range of prices but generally you get what you pay for ;-)
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Spridget front hubs fit straight on the the minor..... however there is no place for the callipers so you will have to make a bracket. Spridgets are lighter cars than minors, so if you go down that route there may not be much of an improvement!
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So Spridget hubs fit ok ?
Thanks Matt - and others. So is that a definite then - Spridget front hubs go straight on the Minor stub axle ? I am intending to do this conversion for very little cost (miserable Scotsman) and since I have recently pioneered the 1 pot Fiesta Mk I calipers conversion on my Mini (great brakes and still allows 10" wheels over big discs) , I think I will easily manage a bracket for the caliper on the Minor upright.
Anyone got Spridget front hubs with discs for sale ??
Anyone got Spridget front hubs with discs for sale ??
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Well I have some really really bad ones, but you should be able to buy the hubs really cheaply from a spridget place, a new set of disks would be between £10 and £15 (so get new ones) and I am sure you could get some callipers that would work from the scrappy.... Fiesta ones might work (maybe)
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Oh the Fiesta calipers work brilliantly on the Mini conversion !! But they are designed to work on a 7.9" disc - what size are Spridget discs ? I suspect maybe just 7" ?
Matt - do you have disc type hubs you could sell - of course I will be buying new discs, once I see if the conversion is practical - so a pair of hubs with knackered discs would suit me fine just now.
Matt - do you have disc type hubs you could sell - of course I will be buying new discs, once I see if the conversion is practical - so a pair of hubs with knackered discs would suit me fine just now.
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For everyone's information I've just booked Hebe in for her to be looked at at JLH for jonathon to see exactly what condition she's for fitting their kit to
I'll let you know how she gets on if she has the discs fitted!
I'll let you know how she gets on if she has the discs fitted!
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