Upgraded Front Brakes, 300Mm Brembo

It's was the during the summer last year when a Toyota Yugo pulled out in front of me and I decided although the 280 is standard except for the stainless Janspeeds I fitted a few weeks ago, it was time to upgrade the brakes. Fitted one side today and below is some before and after pics, keeping all the old parts so its only a 1 hour job to put back to standard if needed or to make standard if I sell it one day. The new set up are calipers off a Fiat coupe turbo, refurbished and 300mm discs. A doddle to fit, remove old disc off the back of the hub, Replace hub without the disc and fit new extended grease cap with centres the wheel, and longer wheel studs. Fit disc and bolt on caliper.

Calipers when first bought

Standard before picture

After

Standard 240mm disc and new 300mm disc


Standard 2.8 pads and Fiat coupe pads

 

I've done the same with mine using focus RS callipers. What calliper brackets did you use.

 

Got the brackets off "caprisport" off eBay with the discs.

 

That looks really good, should pull you up no bother. Finn.

 

So are the discs off of the Fiat as well? Does look pretty smart I must say :thumbup1:

 

I think these are re drilled BMW discs. This is exactly the conversion I'd like to do. So the important question. How do they perform? Certainly look the business!

 

Do you need to change the master cylinder or servo too?

 

Did the same thing to my dad's 280 last year, they are the business although if you fit them it's best to have rear discs and/or possibly an adjustable bias to make sure you have the front to back brake bias correct. It's a pretty straight forward swap and absolutely worth it, your callipers look great in black btw makes me regret using red. Where did you get your extended grease caps from?

 

Hi, the discs are modified BMW ones and the extended bleed nipples were just off eBay. I had to think for a long time what colour to make the calipers and I'm happy with the look of the black. The questions on how they perform, I have no idea only fitted one side today and everyone was out so need to bleed it then fit the other side so should be on the road for a test in a few days but on night shift now can't wait to get them finished. Once tested I may have to fit a bias valve just gonna test it first and the master cylinder is all just standard 2.8 at the mo. Will update once I've road tested it. Cheers

 

I've got the Land Rover master cylinder on mine as the 2.8 on didn't have the guts. My discs are Focus ST 170 which fit straight on same stud pattern.

 

And going to your previous question, what calliper brackets did you use Matt2103?

 

I made my own.

 

These are mine

 

looks dam good m8 could you do any more for sale?, brackets i mean, and how did you split the brake lines as capri one has 3 outlets where as the landy has 2? also i take it only works on a 15 inch wheel ?

 

They were one offs don't really want to make anymore sorry. The brake lines are split with a T piece for both fronts coming off the larger port of the MC and the rears coming off the other into a bias valve.
I'm running 17" wheels as clearance is tight.

Sorry for taking over this thread.

 

Matt. I like your discs they look even sexier, groved and drilled. I never knew they would fit or I would have bought some instead of the plain discs and don't worry about taking over the thread it's all about the same stuff, big discs and sexy brembo calipers

 

Looks good and I'm on my way too.

Just a friendly hint; Make sure the bleed nipples are on top of the caliper.

The last pictures seem to show calipers upside down, that will make them hard to bleed...

Gustaf

 

They were the test fit pictures I have since changed it round with the bleed nipple at the top.

 

Has anyone ever fitted a 2.8 servo and master cylinder to a Pinto engined car? Not sure what the difference is between a 2.8 and a Pinto m/c is with regard to bore size and fittings as the caliper pistons and wheel cylinders are the same aren't they?

I believe the 2.8 servo is the better of the two....?

 

capri sport recommend the 2.0 L Laser servo (with take off at the 2.0 o clock) with the landy mc

 

Good I thought so...but I have seen quite a lot of cars with them upside down too.

Gustaf

 

Just a update, Fitted both sides and been for a test run the issue as many will already know, too much brake peddle travel, re-bled just incase there was some air but still the same. Gonna have to put a land rover master cylinder on, but I've been advised these don't fit on a 2.8 servo.

Question can I modify the master cylinder to fit on a 2.8 servo or do I have to fit a servo from a 2.0 and how do u recognise a 2.0 servo.


Thanks Stephen.

 

caprisport say use the 2.0 laser which has the vacuum take off at the 2 oclock as you look at it from the front hopefully a pic of mine to follow
actually looks almost 3 oclock

 

A bit more cluttered but a pic of mine, I think the pipe is at about 2 o'clock so I'm not sure if my 280 has a 2.0 servo fitted or if its a 2.8 one

 

not sure can't really see from that but it's possible that as the 280 was the last produced and the laser not far behind they may be the same, i'm sure some one will answer this with more knowledge than me
hope you get it sorted
trev

 

Can the 2.0 and 2.8 servos be swapped providing you use the matching m/c and reservoir?

 

Its the stud size thats important. 2lt servos have m10 studs which match the land rover master cylinder. I dont think the actual servos perform any better..

 

I loked around for quite a while before finding some calipers that looked similar to what was used on the works cars in the seventies.I have 11in discs up front with standard size rears.The calipers came from a Nissan 200zx! Very light, and spares cheap enough and plenty about.2ltr servo, LR master, all works extremely well.

 

Only issue I can see with these kits is the fact you have to drill the strut calliper bolt holes to be able to fit them rendering them unable to return to back to the original callipers but personally why would you want to with those slowing you down.

 

Did you need to drill out the caliper mounting brackets on the struts to fit the new capri sport brackets, if so you wont be able to go back to standard

 

You dont take the threads out on the 300mm conversion. Only the 260/280 kits need this.

 

Some great mods there

Are you all experiencing greatly improved stopping power or finding that the front wheels are more prone to locking up ?

 

Martin, tested the car in the wet the brakes were better but had to pump the peddle a coupe of times to make the work really well then they felt good. The fronts never locked up but gonna change to land rover mc and on the look out for. 2.0 servo. Just for info never had to drill any bolt homes on the struts they just bolted straight on with the brackets supplied.

Regards Stephen.

 

Out of interest who supplied the brackets as they don't look like CapriSport items.

 

Thanks Stephen