repost: fto front calipers
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repost: fto front calipers
Lost my original post but the crux of the message was:
Does anyone know if these fto's have twin or single spot front brake calipers.
Are they alloy or steel?
If they are twin, can someone please send me some photos of them including the mounting lugs on the inside?
What brake pads do they use? ie. readily available and the same as ***
What are the piston diametres.
Thanks Lindsay
Does anyone know if these fto's have twin or single spot front brake calipers.
Are they alloy or steel?
If they are twin, can someone please send me some photos of them including the mounting lugs on the inside?
What brake pads do they use? ie. readily available and the same as ***
What are the piston diametres.
Thanks Lindsay
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Calipers
Can email the appropriate section to you if you give me adress. Otherwise download it from the UK or irish site
http://www.fto-ireland.com/downloads.html
Has got all the piston sizes and tolerances etc.
What are you planning to do?
http://www.fto-ireland.com/downloads.html
Has got all the piston sizes and tolerances etc.
What are you planning to do?
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Thanks Elmo,
Could you please email me the appropiate info to lindsay.harrison@twr.com.au
I'm building up a 1980 LC Lancer with injection and a lot of suspension and brake mods. Need some good calipers for the front to suit the vented discs i'm using which are the same thickness and diametre as an fto. Would be nice to keep most parts of the car in the Mitsubishi family but not essential.
Lindsay.
Could you please email me the appropiate info to lindsay.harrison@twr.com.au
I'm building up a 1980 LC Lancer with injection and a lot of suspension and brake mods. Need some good calipers for the front to suit the vented discs i'm using which are the same thickness and diametre as an fto. Would be nice to keep most parts of the car in the Mitsubishi family but not essential.
Lindsay.
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Any brake can fit on FTO as long as u can get someone modify it! They r not Brembos, but r 4 piston, the piston on them r actually bigger then the Brembos. I was thinking doing the conversion before, but with the amount of trouble I have 2 go through, I rather change the rotors & pads.
Don't 4get, the GTO brake r mega heavy, so it does affect the way the FTO handle corner!!!
Ohhh yeah the FTO GPX & up use twin pistons at the front & single at rear, while GS & GR use single all round.
Don't 4get, the GTO brake r mega heavy, so it does affect the way the FTO handle corner!!!
Ohhh yeah the FTO GPX & up use twin pistons at the front & single at rear, while GS & GR use single all round.
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i actually went through the pbr brake pad book to see if i could find the same pads and from memory they where a TR magna on the front and i think it was the CC lancer on the back
anyway if you can get hold of the PBR brake pad catolouge they are in there and do match with some australian mitsys
or it could have been the bendix catalouge
anyway if you can get hold of the PBR brake pad catolouge they are in there and do match with some australian mitsys
or it could have been the bendix catalouge
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Rang a wrecker of Magnas yesterday. Found out that the Magnas with ABS use a twin piston front caliper, maybe the same as FTO. The piston sizes were dia. 36 which was perfect but they are steel (very heavy)
I've been looking at some pre 99 WRX twin pot calipers for some time now as they are alloy with dia. 36 , so I think I will probably end up going with these plus there are sure to be a large range of pads available for them.
Lindsay
I've been looking at some pre 99 WRX twin pot calipers for some time now as they are alloy with dia. 36 , so I think I will probably end up going with these plus there are sure to be a large range of pads available for them.
Lindsay
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how about Evo VI+ brakes? I think they are just as strong (if not stronger than) GTO brakes, and from Evo V onwards they use Brembos.... I've heard some atrocious stories about Magna brakes, and i been told a lot of them uses ABS and the computer that runs them may not work on the non-ABS FTO, or something along those lines... Personally i don't see what the big deal is with Magna brakes to begin with- they're family cars after all!
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I dunno how it compares to the 99 WRX, but a friend is getting rid of his front brakes from a 01 RS (twin pot) if youre interested...wilbursr20 wrote:Rang a wrecker of Magnas yesterday. Found out that the Magnas with ABS use a twin piston front caliper, maybe the same as FTO. The piston sizes were dia. 36 which was perfect but they are steel (very heavy)
I've been looking at some pre 99 WRX twin pot calipers for some time now as they are alloy with dia. 36 , so I think I will probably end up going with these plus there are sure to be a large range of pads available for them.
Lindsay
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G1,
I was wrong about the WRX caliper being alloy. If felt like a boat anchor.
I'm now thinking about maybe a HSV Premium VT 4 spot rear caliper. Nice small pistons, light weight, attractive, have to see if I can make them fit though.
I'm thinking if i'm going to go to the effort of puting a new caliper on, I may as well put a good looking one on. (Those twin pots really only look the same as std anyway).
Thanks for the offer though.
Lindsay
I was wrong about the WRX caliper being alloy. If felt like a boat anchor.
I'm now thinking about maybe a HSV Premium VT 4 spot rear caliper. Nice small pistons, light weight, attractive, have to see if I can make them fit though.
I'm thinking if i'm going to go to the effort of puting a new caliper on, I may as well put a good looking one on. (Those twin pots really only look the same as std anyway).
Thanks for the offer though.
Lindsay