Best brake upgrade

[bola]

Whats the best brake upgrade for a mk2 1.2 carb nova? Would it be best to put greenstuff pads and disks on it or 2l 16v brakes etc? What would i need 2 get for the second one and how hard is it to do? thanks :thumb:

[draper]

2ltr brakes bolt straight on and are fairly cheap, even with standard discs and pads will be more than enough

[Lee]

Dont go near greenstuff, i wouldnt touch your cock with them!! lol

As said, ATE 2.0 callipers and 256mm discs are more than enough, especially on a 1.2.

[cooper_nova]

Dont go near greenstuff, i wouldnt touch your cock with them!! lol

As said, ATE 2.0 callipers and 256mm discs are more than enough, especially on a 1.2.

agree!!!!
used to have them on my old 1ltr and got some to go my 1.2 carb'd :thumb:

[london_chris]

whats wrong with greenstuff?

[Ash]

many, many reports of them crumbling.

If Vauxhall thought that these brakes could rein in a 150bhp astra/cav im sure their be alright will a 55bhp nova, mine were... for a bit

Ash

[Adam]

Std Gm discs and pads are fine too.

[Stuart]

STD discs

mintex M1144 pads every day imho...

[atokley]

I have some 2ltr callipers for sale, if your interested PM me!

[bola]

What will i need to buy to do a 2l 16v brake conversion? And soes it matter what year car i buy them off? ta

[Ash]

as long as there ATE's any year will do. avoid Delco thet stick lots

Ash

[Geth]

The cheaper alternative is press the brake pedal harder ;)

[Mike]

mintex M1144 pads every day imho...

agreed :D

[draper]

take it the mintex pads are very good ?? what sort of price are they ??

[Geth]

I'm using Ferrodo DS2500s on GTE calipers with drilled and grooved discs and Racing Blue brake fluid. More than enough for my 1300 track car IMO. A good set of Mintex or Ferrodo pads will make a difference to braking performance and take a good pounding from those who like throw down the anchor.

[Mike]

take it the mintex pads are very good ?? what sort of price are they ??

i got my mintex's as a freebie :D hehhehee

[Ash]

M1144 are ?82 on motorsportworld

DS2500 are ?88

Ash

[Riggy]

ive heard the stories about greenstuff , but ive had them on mine for ages with tar-ox 20 groove discs and never had to many issues

yeah i have cooked them a few times, but only when really giving it some up on the moors

[SRlew]

STD discs

mintex M1144 pads every day imho...

might check them out as i need some new ones soon, what discs are recomended? heard drilled and grooved squeel, as someone that baught my car had some on his astra gte and it was well annoying!

sorry if im hijacking :thumb:

[Geth]

I haven't found squeling a problem with mine but if you get grooved you can quite often hear a snicking noise (can't think of any other word to describe it) as the grooves pass the pad. You only tend to notice it when travelling at around 30mph so the key is to keep driving fast and no one will notice :thumb: lol

[SRlew]

ah right will try out drilled and grooved any way lol

[Mike]

these arrived for me the other day :D 256mm Astra GTE brakes, with mintex 1144 pads and some varaition of drilled, grooved and of course ventedness disc;s:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/Picture001.jpg

[Lee]

ive heard the stories about greenstuff , but ive had them on mine for ages with tar-ox 20 groove discs and never had to many issues

yeah i have cooked them a few times, but only when really giving it some up on the moors

LOL, says it all really, if you can cook a set of pads on a backroad, shows how they'd perform on track. Mine virtually vapourised, and i had about 2 laps of decent brakes between them being too cold and then catching fire LOL

[Mike]

Mine virtually vapourised, and i had about 2 laps of decent brakes between them being too cold and then catching fire LOL

lmfbo!! how the feck did you manage that?

[Matt2107]

On the GTE I have delco calipers (bought new before I was a proper regular on here), red dot fast road pads and red dot 5 grooved discs (got a set for ?25)

I'd imagine seeing as I haven't really tried them yet that I'll probably replace them within six months of driving it with tried and tested 16v kit.

[Stuart]

imho unless the discs have the "drilling" cast in then they are a total waste of time and money.

Grooved discs are good for skimming crap off the pads/getting rid of water.
i use M1144's on my vx every day, they needed cunning bedding in as they were a bit noisy at first but thats gone away now ive abused them hard lol.

DS2500's are ace too but ive never had them on one of my cars..... although might try them.

for mintex pads try a company called questmead as i got my full car set for ?95ish inc post etc and no one else could match that.

[micknova]

ive got v6 calibra brakes to go on mine.mintex pads cost me ?50.did have calibra turbo but they siezed:mad:

[Geth]

Micknova, please check the date on threads before posting. Bringing this thread up again is a little pointless now.