Hi Folks,
I’m hoping for some opinions and guidance on this. I’m currently running 9” drums on my mk2, which I use for autotests and lanes rally type events etc, so as you can imagine the handbrake is extremely important and must lock instantly with minimum effort.
The drums have been ‘ok’ to date, but somewhat unreliable. When they get very hot, the efficiency of the handbrake drops off considerably, and the weekend just gone after I fitted new shoes the self-adjusters kept over adjusting by themselves and binding on the drums leading me to having to strip the rear brakes twice mid event. So, im getting pretty sick of drums.
So, rear disc conversions for English axle –
I’ve done as much research as I can, but as usual you get so much conflicting information it’s hard to know what to believe.
Ive heard sierra Cosworth calipers, mk3 fiesta front calipers, vw golf calipers (?) etc etc.
I was looking at the kit that motorsport tools has with the willwood powerlite calipers but forking out over 500 quid is just not an option at the moment.
So what’s my options with what’s available today ?
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