Luxury cars with discs all round often have small drums built into the
disc on the rear wheels, which is used for the parking brake. The
reason being that if you park a disc braked car on an incline, with
very hot discs when the discs cool the car can start to slide down the
incline.
Handbrak
Whilst getting insurance quotes on the Q saloon, I was asked what suffix plate
the donor was - I said E reg, same as the Q is now ( but a different E reg),
and quoted the guy the number of the donor car. He typed this in. read out the
description as Fiesta XR2 White, and said it was still 'live'
That's unusual, but pleased for you that it's better. Using small pads to do
the job of large shoes can lead to problems/inconsistencies - If it has a drum
and shoes for the handbrake, and discs for the foot brake I can see it would
work ok. Braking on the footbrake is unlikely to be an improvem
Adam
Sorry to have not replied sooner and you will be most welcome .
Its a really good day out [not my words - search the same event over the
last two years to get the feedback from members.
If you look in the current mag [and the next one] there is a lot more
detail.
At the moment i can only
Sounds interesting. I've got the Corsa column for mine.
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Handbrake is actually much better - and why would it effect insurance??
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I have the rear discs as well, and in combo with the HiSpec monster kit on the
front feel that the braking is improved. I don't have a vacuum assist on mine,
so it's fairly heavy, but the pedal feel is good.
The only negative I can give is that I find the rear discs chirp as they go
round.
Sen
I agree, it is pretty much for aesthetics, but I disagree that rear disks will
lessen the breaking performance.
No, you don't need to change the rear axel. There are other ways to do it (a
quick google will tell you more) but I have fiesta centre conversion plates,
these require mk3 fiesta soli
Apologies for forgeting the name - Ian Cummings Michael
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Sorry I can't remember all the details but I am fairly sure that the
