Brake Upgrade

[Simes]

Before ne1 says nething yes ive looked under the search tool!! lol neways my question is im starting my xe conversion in a few weeks and i just want to know what brakes to put on it? i havent got major ? so cheap as possible, do i know i need calipers, disks, pads but do i need to change the servo etc the donor car is a 1.0litre spin cheers for any help, oh im putting a set of 15's on it for now so bare that in mind lol

[Give it some rev]

just go with the good old cav 2.0 brake setup with good quality disks and pads and the job's a good en

[mikey14sr]

1.0 servo and master cyl should be fine, You want at the least 'ate' type calipers from a 2.0 cavalier or astra with 256x24 vented discs. The calipers and mounting brackets can be had from most scrapyards/e-bay, For discs and pads just go to your local parts store for some pattern jobbies, this is the most popular brake conversion. Or you could get some v6 calipers of a vectra if you can find 4-stud discs to match.

[Adam]

256mm discs are pretty cheap to buy too.
About ?9 per disc i paid, and ?11 for Mintex pads. :)

[Nova_Tek]

256mm discs are pretty cheap to buy too.
About ?9 per disc i paid, and ?11 for Mintex pads. :)

Where from mate? Thats damn cheap.

Im gonna be puttin on 2.0l Cav brakes too.

Cheers :thumb:

[Nova Full]

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11.05 Pads
15.82 Discs (Pair)

[Adam]

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[Stuart]

course you used the search :p

[Simes]

hehe sorry stu lol cheers for the comments guys ill be popping down the local scrappys in the morning! how much would you pay for calipers etc off the cavalier?

[Nova_Tek]

www.buypartsby.co.uk (http://www.buypartsby.co.uk)

11.05 Pads
15.82 Discs (Pair)


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Cheers lads that will do nicely :thumb:

[mikey14sr]

If you remove them yourself no more than ?20, If they remove them they can pretty much charge what they like.

[R1CH]

Dont GSi's / GTE's have bigger MC's ? is it not worth him sticking one of those on ? should pic one up for a tenner at a scrappy ?

Rich

[mikey14sr]

Not according to epc,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v689/mickyd79/mastercylepc.jpg

[graham kirkbride]

the only thing that is different on the gte/gsi braking system is that it has a bigger servo the master cylinder is the same as the rest of the novas i changed my servo from a 1.2 to a gsi and noticed a differance in the braking power on my nova even thow you can use a 1ltr/1.2ltr servo to do the job:thumb: hope this helps

[Simes]

do i need to buy new hoses etc?? im about to go down the scrappy now theyve told me ?25 for the calipers but he said hes not sure they'll fit a nova hes got a few pairs i just got told by colinesmith that i have to ask for the ate type?? do i have to do anything to my nova to accomodate the new calipers? sorry if this sounds really stupid im not very good at this lol

[Nova Full]

you'll have to either remove or bend back the dust shield behind the disk but otherwise there a straight swap

[mikey14sr]

You will need a 10mm allen key to undo the mounting bolts, best to get one that fits on a 1/2" drive ratchet so that you can use a torque wrench or breaker bar on it as these bolts are very tight.

[Simes]

cheers peeps and thanks for the help! ;)