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| posted on October 15th, 2003 at 09:26 PM |
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V6-are rear discs needed?
hey
im putting a V6 in my kombi and it doesnt state in these the rules and regulations that i need to fit rear discs but i have some here would i be mad
not to put them on or is it an overkill?
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| posted on October 15th, 2003 at 09:31 PM |
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I think you will find that any rego engineer with half a brain will insist on rear discs - and proabably upgraded fronts, too. (despite the fact that
Kombis have huge stock brakes) Just do it!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on October 15th, 2003 at 10:07 PM |
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yer i think i will do it but i dont want to do it if i dont have to!!
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| posted on October 16th, 2003 at 08:54 AM |
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do your self a favor and give Kimm at Indian automotive a call, I put the same question past him and he said it is overkill, e.g.; he has a dual cab
with a supercharged V6 3.8l out of a VS commodore which pushes out around 300 HP he has not upgraded the brakes on that beast, and let me tell you
that thing can kick some a$$ and pulls up pretty good.
Good luck
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ps. how’s the v6 conversion going? I'm just about to put the motor in mine it should be in next week. |
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| posted on October 16th, 2003 at 09:44 PM |
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so u dont need the discs i got then wacked1??? he just got back to me and said the same thing ill run it by the engineer know!!
the V6 is slowly getting there just scraping all the parts together and planning everything trying to sort out what wires i need what ones i dont just
that sort of shiat!!
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 07:59 AM |
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you can have drums all around as long as it passes the brake test
- that is the way the regulations work
- at least in qld
despite that i am going rear discs and i highly recommend it to everyone.
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 09:32 AM |
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Hi K K
don't need the rear disc but they look the $h!t, I’m also going big ass diameter wheelsand will look good through them. how are you going with
regards to wiring the thing up I'm going to get the sparky to do mine it looks to hard to work out myself.
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 04:39 PM |
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this is on a budget and a BIG learning curve as im 16 everything i learn know will stick with me!!! but i want to do it myself with the help of a VN
wiring diagram!!!
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 05:07 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Kombicol
you can have drums all around as long as it passes the brake test
- that is the way the regulations work
- at least in qld
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Actually queensland has clauses that basically say "to the satisfaction of the engineer". I think you'd be hard pressed finding an
engineer that wouldn't ask for rear discs to be fitted. I asked mine if I needed rear disc brakes and he strongly suggested it. So I took that as
a yes I need rear discs.
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 10:09 PM |
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the reason i made that comment was because, on another project i was helping a friend with, one compliance officer advised me front and rear discs
were absoloutely necessary, and then I was agressively bored out for assuming this by another.
He says he tests all his cars with a brake test device and as long as it shows sufficient deceleration for the test conditions, it dont matter what
your setup is. -Obviously the standard is going to be fairly good though-
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| posted on October 17th, 2003 at 10:20 PM |
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well if kimm can get away with it whats makes the difference he has said that he has had 3 sets of discs on and they basically work the same as
drums!
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| posted on October 24th, 2003 at 12:59 PM |
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hey
ok no read discs needed but they do insist on having the later (76+)?? vented rotors!
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