Yep, your right. standard rear wheel bearings to SFA

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Starlet Conversion:
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15484

dont machine your dick whatever you do.. its not worth it


jokes aside.. your wheel doesnt touch the hub your machining anyway.. (thats why they're tapered wheel nuts)

the drum goes over the hub..

when you machine the disc and the hub.. it uses the hub to centralise the disc.. as the hub used to do before for the drum..

the wheel is/always has been centralised by the wheel nuts

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Expert in training

Hahahaha , I really need to proofread after I type. I'm lazy though!

You are right. There isn't one on the front. I was looking at the rear hub, where there was a small one, but I don't think it did anything.

Thanks

Instead of reading thru the 30 pages, i'll just ask.....

Who can make the caliper bracket for me, and how much for 2 pairs of brackets (including postage to Adelaide if interstate)?? Anybody on Ausmini?

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

Do you want the civic or the accord backing plate?

I am currently looking into other types of braking upgrades including pulsar along with the honda's. and hoping to get them together soon. But don't hold your breth I am doing it in spare time that I DONT really have

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

Ive got solid discs here.... so yeah those. Cant remember the part numbers though, all my info was lost when Ausmini crashed last year.

Hopefully I wont find a vented set lying around in a wreckers somewhere....

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

what are the brakes off and do you want to run 10's or 12's

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

Discs are 'DBA 191' solid, to suit the late 80's Civic.

Would like a set to sqeeze under 10's by machining them down to 7.5", but am happy to get 4 brackets made to suit an unmodified 9.1" disc. I have both 10x7 and 13x7 wheels......

If I get regular 9.1" brackets, I can use them as templates for 7.5" version at a later date.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

I don't believe any amount of hacking is safe and wouldn't recommend these under 10's.

These require machining and come material removed from the caliper, and a different bracket for the 10's and IMO that's just not cricket.

Brakes are too important to be weakening

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

Hugh, to be objective, reducing the diameter of disk brakes for use in a more under-stressed application may not necessarily be "weakening" the over-engineered, built-in safety margin of the original items

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"Show me the Mini!"

I agree. I used to do them for 10s but don't anymore.
To fit to 10s you need a different bracket, trim both pads, trim pad bracket, linish caliper a bit, machine discs to 7.9".
By the time you are done, no engineer would touch it, IMO.
Stick with 12" wheels, and stocko 9.1" Honda rotors. They stop real good.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

are you going to tell me to what saftey factor they were engineered. Engineering can only take into account best case senario's on materials

a minute hairline fracture or an imperfection in the casting (quite common) the saftey factor is reduced

would you take the risk with your life and your insurance? If you DON'T answer yes then I think you need to think about it really hard.

Nothing personal Mick, I would only like 'safe' modifications when it comes to brakes

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-doing a Degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and a few conversions:
13B Extend in a 1600
4EFTE in a mini ute (all slowly)

well, since i dont plan on insuring the minis, or getting them engineered.......

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

I got some vented accord ones from the wreckers yesterday... I'm gonna try getting them under 10"s

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Back from the dead

So, I have a set of the Mini Clinic vented Camira disc assemblies with VB Commodore calipers - they just fit under 13x7" Revolutions.
Perfect for their intended application.

Now I was wondering for a 10" application, which small 10-15 y.o. asian car has suitable discs and alloy calipers? Preferably with matching rear discs, as much for weight saving as for braking. These Honda models are now getting on to 25-30 years old too.

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Too many cars, and too little time.