Rear Disc Brakes

[e-minor]

Hi All I was having a tidy up the other day and i found a cutting from a old classics mag from may 1991

morris mania ltd

somewhat abbrev

brakes

kit stage 1 uses marina wheels (exch hubs) £45
kit stage 2 uses mog wheel -use fiat/ford studs £85
full kit £250
look front disc kit vented dics £425


Look rear disc brake kit "new" for the minor axle also ford one offs welcome £180

While i accept that rear disc conversion is probably complete overkill...the idea interests me ....anybody any ideas...other than saying dont do it??

cheers

e-minor

fife

[bmcecosse]

For out and out competition use only!

[downsey]

a lot less expensive and more reliable to use a japanese disc brake rear end in my opinon. If you have the means of fabrication of course.

[e-minor]

What i was trying to find out was how it was done with a std mog axle

i understand that the h/s are a weak point and as a result the car should not be fast enough to warrant anything doing to the rear brakes ..

still the idea interest me ...was it sierra brakes and fiesta calipers ?


e-minor

fife

[bmcecosse]

I suppose anything is possible - more likely to have been done on the Spridget version of the axle.

[dunketh]

Totally pointless but an interesting engineering excersize nonetheless.

The fiesta/escort boys tend to use granada rear cali's on a custom backplate with Fiesta single-width discs. (Granada calipers have a mechanical handbrake attachment - essential as hydraulic handbrakes are not legal for road use)

They cut down the drum so much it basically becomes a 'hub' on which to fit the discs. Then its just a matter of positioning your backets.

[downsey]

It would be pretty cool to see a standard minor rear axle with disc brakes but i just dont see what the point would be other than the pleasure of doing it.

[webbnuts]

I'd be very interested to know if you pull this off. I'm hoping to do some track days / hill climbs, and the more brakes the better! A morris with 4 discs must stop on a six pence.

[e-minor]

Hi I have been pointed off forum by pm from a friendly guy to frontline costello who do a spridget disc conversion..

the point of the topic was to see if anybody had done this themselves with basic bolt/weld on engineering rather like the conversion for the mk2 escort axle.where all the parts can be acquired fitted to a mog spare axle then this bolted on.

somebody out there surely has done this..

many thanks

e-minor

fife

[e-minor]

Hi All

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/shop/viewp ... dexID=8129

can anyone identify the calipers and disc used on this web page??

cheers e-minor

fife