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 no slow 63
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 06:39 AM |
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Rear Discs from ?
Hi,
I heard somewhere that you could adapt rear discs from an eb falcon to fit a vw. Has anyone done this, or has anyone adapted rear discs, or even front
discs for that matter to their beetle?
I know you can buy aftermarket disc brake kits from a number of places, but I need to use something from another car.
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 08:08 AM |
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Yes the EB ford ones are used by Vintage, they have the brackets and bits n pieces available.
They work well.
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 09:14 AM |
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So what is used of the EB? just the disc and caliper? Are the brackets and other crap off another car , or have they been fabricated?
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 11:09 AM |
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What about porsche brakes?.....A few people have put 944 brakes on their beetles...But can you adapt these to a swing axle rear end?
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 11:52 AM |
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no slow 63
I've got 944 brakes on the back of my super- which is IRS, I imagine they'd fit on a swing axle to.
Your best bet is to have a look at http://www.germanlook.com and check the forums
there.
On another note though - if you use 944 rears you'll really want to upgrade the fronts to. Otherwise you may end up with unusual braking
characteristic's.
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 05:27 PM |
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Apparently XF falcon discs can be adapted too, not sure if they're the same as EB
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| posted on October 11th, 2003 at 06:12 PM |
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The caliper brackets have been made up especially for the job. the an Alloy casting and fit real nice.
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 07:54 AM |
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Are they aproved by the RTA, Vic Roads etc.?
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 08:21 AM |
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Dont know for sure, but from an Engineering point of view they look and work great. Theres heaps of them fitted to cars.
They have been approved by several Engineers here in Sydney, as you have to get a cert to have a modified car. These engineers are approved by The RTA
for Engineer mods to vehicles.
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 09:04 AM |
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Do you know how much they are?
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 09:13 AM |
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Pretty sure it is about a $1000 a set
V Force sell em as well :thumb
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 09:22 AM |
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Thanks....
So when people use them on the rear, What do they use on the front?
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 11:22 AM |
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i just found these.
hope they help they are not mine.
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Disc Brake Kit (Sherman), wide 5 bolt pattern, suit early beetle with king pin front end $400.00
Holley Bug Spray carburettor, plus single port manifold $100.00
Flat Four shifter kit $160.00
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 12:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by no slow 63
Thanks....
So when people use them on the rear, What do they use on the front?
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Standard disc set up - may be slotted or drilled rotors
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 12:17 PM |
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Thanks Wacked 1, but I've used Sherman's brakes before, so I know exactly how "good" they are......
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 04:58 PM |
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sweeet
hope you find what you want dude.
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 07:28 PM |
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I'm using exactly what Ben has got, u can get the whole rear set from a wreckers for about $250, I then went all out & got brand new calipers
$136 each & brand new DBA cross drilled rotors $150 each just since the car gets used on the track. Even the vw handbrake cable bolts straight up.
I know have head through the window brakes!
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Congratulations to Ben Durie for breaking the hillclimb record at Ringwood in his stroker beetle!
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 07:30 PM |
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Congratulations to Ben Durie for breaking the hillclimb record at Ringwood in his stroker beetle!
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| posted on October 13th, 2003 at 07:44 PM |
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Wait for Carters comment .... BIG brakes
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| posted on October 14th, 2003 at 07:17 AM |
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Looking good Jak....
I've checked out the EB ones at the wreckers and they look allright .
What hubs are you using. Also is anyone using them on a swing axle?
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| posted on October 14th, 2003 at 07:18 AM |
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Can ya put them on Kombi's? what mods have to be done in the mounting bracket department?
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| posted on October 14th, 2003 at 08:47 AM |
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Most of us QLD boys go for the XF brakes because they are vented. The kit from custom offroad is also DPT approved. You can do it cheaper yourself if
you want to use second hand parts like I did.
http://www.customoffroad.com.au/reardiscs/discbrakes.htm
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| posted on December 10th, 2003 at 01:28 AM |
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german brakes
hi mark,
roland from our club making brake kits
Porsche Bremsanlagen @ http://www.mtm.notrix.de
also here you get good stuff, http://www.mbt-engineering.de
Manfred
ps. our next meeting is planed for the 3'th of juli 2004, maybe we see us again ;-))
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| posted on December 10th, 2003 at 08:05 AM |
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Hi Manfred !
Thanks for that. They look good!
I don't think I can make it over there next year, but I will be coming back some time for sure!
Are you still allowed to have the show in the same place?
When are you going to come to Austrailia ?
Mark
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| posted on December 10th, 2003 at 01:05 PM |
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oooh, I'll be in Europe in July. What goes on at your meetings? Any racing, big HP German lookers or the like?
Cheers,
Cam
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| posted on December 10th, 2003 at 03:50 PM |
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There wasn't any racing when I went, apart from a couple of people hanging burnouts....Plenty of nice cars though, German look, Cal look etc. A
few nice Porsches too!
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| posted on December 10th, 2003 at 08:30 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Cam
oooh, I'll be in Europe in July. What goes on at your meetings? Any racing, big HP German lookers or the like?
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hi, there is no racing, mark knows the history ;-((
this image made in oktober http://www.kaeferteam-nuernberg.de/oktober_2003.jpg
our meeting is just "parking"
normal 100 Cars, sometimes up to 200
last year some rain, but still over 100 aircooled cars
normal meeting time the last 14 yeas was 2 hours!
last year we hat 15 years of the meeting, so we began 10 am to 1 pm
in front of the "steintribuene"
after this we hat a cruse in the old city of
nuremberg whit about 40 aircooled VWs and about 40
more cars from the first nuremberg automobile club 1919 e.V.
images from most german meetings
http://www.bugnet.kaeferteam-nuernberg.de
meeting dates in germany, some 2004 are online
http://www.fokken.onlinehome.de/termine/termine.html
and ploons site http://www.vwshows.info
if you like racing ....
same weekend near Frankfurt/Main
2. - 4. Juli 2004
Die 1/8 - Meile Dietzenbach
on the OPEL - Testcourse at Dudenhofen.
Slalom, ... more Details, Photos see
http://www.luftgekuehlten-treffen.de
if you neet any help yust mail me
mb@superbeetle.de
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