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[its Paul]

Has any one fitted a 330mm brake kit to there LX ?

I�m having clearance issues, every thing I�ve read says that the stubs have to be swapped over left to right, and the callipers sit towards the rear of the wheel, but if I do this the calliper clashes with the sub-frame, if I reverse it, put callipers towards the front of the wheel, the calliper clashes with the upper control arm.

Has anyone had this little pickle?


PS: It�s a UC sub-frame and upper & lower control arms, HX tonner stubs & Harrop arms.

Cheers Paul

[dattoman]

Probably the rason for the clash is those stubs
Cause they put the centreline of the rotor higher and the caliper closer to the top arms etc than a Torana stub

But its been done

Is it a Hoppers ?
So its the Ford caliper ?

[its Paul]

No it�s not Hoppers, & am sure they are ford callipers but will check in the morning.

Can the UCA be scalloped? I have seen HQ's with a 330mm brake kit and the UCA had to be scalloped.

[its Paul]

Yeah I had a look at yours Chris, we have the same setup other than the callipers.

I don�t think it will make a difference but I have the UCA is in the lower hole position, if you know what I mean.

[dattoman]

What does the supplier of your kit say..... besides "bugger off it fits " ?

Pics of caliper would assist

[its Paul]

I�ll talk to the supplier in the morning and will let you know the outcome.

Been trying to upload some pics for the last hour and a half, Bigpond have slowed me down, they cant let me get too much value for me money.
The month starts again on Wednesday, so I guess I will be able to upload some pics then.

[its Paul]

ASS308 (Chris) has 6pot wilwoods and his doesn�t hit.

Did you have HX stubs Rory?

And what have you done to No.2 as far as brakes goes?

Guess I could send them back and get smaller rotors (kit), which will be my last resort.

[its Paul]

Thanks Chris, PM sent.

I spoke to old mate who sold me the kit, he said that I could mount the upper ball joint under the UCA as opposed to on top,
that should give me around 10 to 15mm less in height and scallop out a small section of the UCA to clear the top of the calliper.

Also could get a small mounting block to put between the UCA and the ball joint, this will raise the UCA more with out raising the ride height
and allow the calliper to clear the UCA with out cutting a scallop in it.

Has any one seen or heard of this method before??

[76lxhatch]

Entirely possible and I believe that there are/were spindle extenders that effectively do the same thing. But, I'd be making certain that I know what the effect on wheel and steering alignment during suspension travel will be as this will modify it. Perhaps for the better...?: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/480776/2

[its Paul]

I must have misunderstood old mate, as the ball joint is under the UCA

Here are some photos of the set up.

Here you can see where the calliper hits the UCA






If I put the callipers on the rear they hit this lump (technical term) on the sub frame


Cheers.

[76lxhatch]

Normally the ball joint sits on top of the arm, yours has been changed already.

What is the clearance like at ride height? Its not ideal but if it clears by a bit at ride height _and_ you would never use that enough steering lock for it to contact at any height under anything but ultra low-speed situations (three point turns, U turns, driveways) you may get away with it.

[its Paul]

It�s not able to sit at ride height at the moment there is one vital piece missing.

[its Paul]

That�s a good point about the steering arms Chris, as it is at the moment it�s about 3/4 an inch away from the stop when the calliper hits.

I�m waiting on my flywheel, hope to get it back this week, with that I could drop the motor and box in giving me a ride height.

If that fails I may be able to make some offset adaptor brackets to lower the callipers, Just a thought.

[76lxhatch]

I doubt you'll want to lower the calipers as they'll foul at the bottom which will be harder to remedy. Seems like the brakes are on hold until you've got a few bits around them

[dattoman]

They look like VE calipers to me

I'm not a fan of this guys kits... thats widely known
Its not uncommon to notch the upper arm for some clearance

Strangely though this larger caliper fits no dramas on a Torana spindle with 330 disc (thinner caliper though)

[its Paul]

I think I'll pull out the Brembos and see how they would fit.

[dattoman]

They look like HiSpec calipers out of UK
If your guy in Penrith has the initials KG then thats likely what they are... or he's had Chinese copies made