Yeah commo struts. I was suprised when he said that to. He said somthing
about removing the stub axle and replacing it with a datto one. Im not sure
on the details of the conversion but i could find out if you want. What
model etc..
Scott
Davo
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From: Terry & Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, 24 August, 2000 22:20
Subject: RE: springs, shocks n callipers
>Davo,
>Commodore struts? Now there's a novel idea, what model Commy?. The rest of
>the combination was very popular quite a few years back but with 74mm axled
>180B struts - SSS used to flog these with either Toy, Std Commy VL or VL
>Turbo (with Ford piston) callipers. I looked at that setup to buy at the
>time I bought the FJTurbo from them but I thought it was so over priced. It
>was quite a few years before I discovered our beloved Datto haven ie Ozdat
>to enlighten me of easier and cheaper options.
>
>The rally 1600 that I had at the time also had an 80's odd ball 4 disc
>setup. 240K struts, Holden HQ discs, Volvo 4 spots and on the rear were
>Volvo 144 units. Paddy mentioned Volvo 4 spots, these are very interesting
>as in a Volvo they are designed to have 2 spot braking on 2 separate (2 x
2
>spot circuits) so for a 1600 with a single hydraulic feed to the wheel you
>would have to fabricate a hydraulic line from the bleeder on the first
>circuit to the input on the 2nd circuit and then you can bleed the lot
>through one bleeder. They were designed to give the utmost safety as far as
>front braking was concerned. The rears are 2 spots but only have a
>conventional single circuit.
>
>terry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Davidson
>Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2000 6:52 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: springs, shocks n callipers
>
>
>Thanx Terry,
>
>I had a look thru the online catalog and found some possible disc's for the
>stanza strut i have. I am still not 100% sure whether they will fit but
>have sent an e-mail to DBA asking about it. They are Nissan Nomad, Gazelle
>and Vanette 10" vented disc's. It will be interesting to see what they
have
>to say.
>
>I also had a chat to my boss today about his 1600 rally cars. He was
>actually pulling the front brakes apart today so i had quite a good look at
>what he has done. He uses commodore struts, Audi 10" vented disc's and
twin
>spot Hilux calipers. It looks like a good setup. Has anyone heard of this
>setup before????
>
>Scott
>Davo
>
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