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Author: | mini-dunger [ Sat May 12, 2007 2:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Honda/Camira brake conversion |
before everyone sighs, rolls eyes and blurts out 'here we go again' . Is it possible to have the Camira/Honda/reproduction rotors machined down to say 7.5inchs to allow for 10inch wheels to be used? or as I am guessing the calipers are too wide to fit on a 7.5inch disc? I am not doing this i have a metro set up but I was just thinking.....as you do Cheers |
Author: | jbeenz [ Sat May 12, 2007 5:44 am ] |
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The problem is that the calliper extends effectivly from the centre of the disc out to as far as it extends, to make the ssetup any smaller, the inside edge of the calleper would need to be trimmed to the same extent as the disc. This can be done with the honda's, trimming the pads allows one to move the calleper closer to the centre, therefor fitting under a 10 inch mag. so yes you are correct, it is the callepr that limits the wheel size, as it sticks out furtherist. do i make any sense? its early, its raining, and im supposed to be moving house ![]() |
Author: | mini-dunger [ Sat May 12, 2007 11:05 am ] |
Post subject: | brakes |
yeah you make sense mate. I may look at other caliper options though. Cheers |
Author: | Tadhg [ Sat May 12, 2007 11:59 am ] |
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Dr Mini has stated that he used to cut down the pads for the Honda setup to fit inside 10" wheels, but he's decided that it's not a good idea and won't do any more sets like that. That's good enough for me! Beyond that, most setups (not Camira) use the standard drum CV's, which could have problems, and there are only 3 x 5/16" bolts holding the drum backing plate onto the hubs. I've heard that Engineers up here in Queensland often don't consider that a strong enough connection for the caliper-hub plate to have. Don't know what they're like in SA. Those were enough reasons for me to decide that it wasn't the option for me. ![]() Beyond all that, even if you could get around those problems, would you really want to machine down the diameter of your rotors every time you have to replace them? It might have been attractive back when Mini rotors were dearer (I once paid $175 for one 7" Cooper rotor - to make matters worse, I ordered two over the phone from one of Australia's biggest suppliers (at the time), who told me he only had three left, no more were being made at that point, and he'd send me two. Only one arrived, he called me and told me that he'd sold the other two to someone else. He wouldn't accept the one back. His excuse was that he'd never sell one, my position was that I couldn't have a car with one disc brake. I never bought off him again. ![]() ![]() ![]() $1480's still a lot of money, but it's not really that much more than discs for 12" wheels (but you don't have to buy 12" wheels), and it's not that much more than an engineering-approved alternative would cost - one which would either require machining or 12" wheels. And the higher cost has the advantage of being 100% new components. ![]() |
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