I put my Sumitomo twinspots on last night, they are quite good stopping yes, any way I fitted them under my 13x6 cheviot 5 sloters jellybean mags :)
chrisw > Brakes again I see, answers to most questions about cheap solid disc > upgrades from U pulls. > > 200B > Girlock - reverse the struts so you don't have to change the steering > arm, early Girlocks 10/77 - 7/79 with DBA315 disc are better than late > Girlocks DBA326, good quality high performance pads are very exy with > Girlock, metal kings are still available but eat standard discs > > Sumitomo - even better are twin spots off imported 200B wagon, Bendix > Ultimate pads are still available which are far superior to Metal > Kings. > > Use 1600 springs, ride height will be about the same a '69 1600 i.e. > 35mm lower than '72 1600 > A few alloy 13" wheels fit, 13" steel wheels wont > Most 2nd hand 200B struts require new inserts > Late model 1600 lower control arms require the end to be ground off to > clear disc (~3mm) > Early 200B will widen the track by 8mm, early 200B will widen track by > 3.6mm > > 240K > Most 2nd hand discs are not in good shape, some doubt whether new 271mm > discs DBA316 are still available, 253mm disc is the same as early 200B > > Both 271mm and 253mm widen 1600 track by 8mm > 240K struts are 12mm shorter than 200B > Use either 1600 or 240K springs > 240K insulators are 10mm thinner than 1600, 180B, 200B but have > different bolt pattern > Very few 13" wheels fit (alloy or steel) > > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Howard > Sent: Monday, 26 November 2001 2:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 1600 brakes. > > > Yea they bolt straight in... I think you need to use the original 1600 > springs or it will be too high, but Terry would know for sure. > > Cheers, > > Chris > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >> Sargent, Daniel (AU - Brisbane) >> Sent: Monday, 26 November 2001 3:12 PM >> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >> Subject: RE: 1600 brakes. >> >> >> Hi Chris. >> >> Do they bolt straight into the 1600? Would the car sit lower >> or higher? >> >> Dan. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Monday, 26 November 2001 1:52 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: 1600 brakes. >> >> >> Do something else, grab some 200b or 240k struts... >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris >> > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
