Tom,
I would love some instructions on how to pull them off the donor car.
What year Pintara sedans and wagons are suitable? or is that a really stupid
questino?
cheers,
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 12:12 PM
Subject: RE: rear disc conversion of 1600...
> I got the calipers, brackets and handbrake cables with very thick discs
and
> pads for $80 at the u-pull-it down here, keep your eyes open and bargains
> can be had!
>
> Skyline or Pintara sedans or wagons are suitable donors. Let me know if
> you'd like some instructions for pulling them off a donor car.
>
> - Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ryanmel
> Sent: Saturday, 7 July 2001 10:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: rear disc conversion of 1600...
>
>
> second hand oyu can get everything from the wreckers here in perth for
$200
> or less
> but then you need to recondition calipers etc.
>
> best bet check out the maddat website, he sells a whole kit, all new
> components
>
> http://www.gofast.to/maddat/
>
> bit of a price difference, but all new components..
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: rear disc conversion of 1600...
>
>
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Thankyou very much for the help, I searched for the jpeg you spoke of
and
> > found this link
> >
> >
http://www.nexcent.net/datnet.org/new/techinfo/drum_to_disc_ugrd_dgrm.html
> >
> > Do you know approximately what the discs, calipers, caliper mounts and
> > handbrake cable should be worth?
> >
> > Also Errol maybe interested to know that when i punched "R31 skyline
rear
> > discs" into google his page came up as the 3rd result.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Adam
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Daniel Kroehn
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 9:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: rear disc conversion of 1600...
> >
> >
> > You need the discs, calipers, caliper mounting brackets and handbrake
> > cables. Simply weld up the four bolt holes in the caliper mounting
> brackets
> > and using a template of the 1600 bolt pattern form the rear crossmember
or
> > even the backing plate off the 1600 drum brakes, redrill the caliper
> mounts
> > to suit. You'll have to enlarge the centre hole of the caliper mount by
a
> > mm of two..... take it easy doing this because you want the caliper
> bracket
> > to "centre" properly when its put back on the rear crossmember.
> IMPORTANT:
> > make sure that when you bolt the caliper mounting bracket to the 1600
> > crossmember, that its absolutely square, ie perpendicular to the where
the
> > old backing plate was otherwise you'll get uneven pad wear and sometimes
> > uneven braking on different sides. The hand brake cables are the
> trickiest
> > bit and basically have to be shortened and then adapted to the 1600
set-up
> > from the adjuster back, unfortunately I've lost the jpeg of this,
someone
> > else is bound to have it though.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> >
> > Daniel Kroehn
> > Recommending Datrats, supplying quality Datsun performance parts
> > www.Datrats.com.au
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Adam Jackson
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 12:00 AM
> > Subject: rear disc conversion of 1600...
> >
> >
> > I was told that the best rear disc conversion is off of the R31 skyline.
> > Would anyone be able to provide me some info about this conversion? like
> > what bits and pieces i need, modifications needed etc?
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Adam
> >
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