Ritchie,
Is the angle between stub axle and strut the same on the 910 and 1600, then?
I tried S12 struts but the angles all wrong and there's too much neg camber
without major lengthening mods to the lower arms. Just wondered as I can get
a set of 910 vented ones.
Eddie
England
510, KP710, B10, KB110,
B110, B120, J710, H230,
G620, P330, SRL311, C30,
VBF10, E10, S12
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> This conversion was pretty straight forward. The only areas I had to
modify was
> to make a small sleeve to space between the ball joint location diamter
into
> the bottom of the strut. This was required due to the fact the Bluebird
strut
> had a larger location diameter than the std P510. You could maybe get away
> without doing this on a road car. The only other thing I did was put
threaded
> sleeves on the struts for the adjustable spring seats. The 910 strut is a
bit
> shorter that the 200b ones I had in there before. These brakes fit under
some
> of my 13" wheels & all my 14" ones. There is no need to swap the struts
side to
> side as I've heard mentioned on the list for some of the other
conversions.
>
> These brakes are pretty good with Pagid pads in & don't fade at all. I had
> thought they were pretty good with some Lucas metal pads in but the Pagid
pads
> have transformed the braking on tarmac stages. Pad changes are pretty easy
as
> you only remove one M8 bolt & loosen the other to swing the body of the
caliper
> & slip in the new pads.
>
> If you need to know anything more just ask.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Ritchie Williams
>
>
> Terry wrote:
>
> > Richie,
> >
> > Is the rally car a 510? (1600) I presume it is and if so could you give
us a
> > run down on how easy it is to fit the 910 or S12 Gazelle ventilated
front
> > struts and discs (these are the same in Japan & I presume also in NZ). I
> > have occasionally come across these and was curious if they were an
option
> > for the 510 but as no one has done it around here that I know of except
in
> > the early S1 910 which came with solid rotors in Aus.
> >
> > tia,
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ritchie
> > Williams
> > Sent: Friday, 10 November 2000 12:41 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Brakes
> >
> > Errol,
> >
> > Do you think it would be possible to use these Z32 calipers on a smaller
> > disk.
> > I have been thinking of putting them on my rally car but wanted to use
14".
> > I've got 910 Bluebird struts which have vented disks at present & had
been
> > thinking of putting these on the rear to replace my 240Z drums & getting
the
> > 4
> > pots for the front.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions
> >
> > --
> > Ritchie Williams
> > Manager - Design Technology
> > Vertex Pacific Limited
> > 696 Te Rapa Rd
> > Private Bag HN3044
> > Hamilton
> > New Zealand
> > ph 64 7 8493 999
> > fax 64 7 8498 764
> > e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Errol Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Zac,
> > > If you got the pad so the outer radius is at the outer extremity of
the
> > > disc that would be acceptable I would think. Try a 300mm Mercedes
rotor
> > > (cant remember which model), as they use a good cast iron alloy
similar to
> > > brembo.
> > > An alternative is to mount the calipers on the opposite side to the
> > > original lugs on reversed struts. Make a mounting bracket that bolts
onto
> > > the holes where the dust plate used to mount. You will have to drill
and
> > > tap some extra holes as well to make it strong enough and use
countersunk
> > > head high tensile bolts. This is the same method that was used to
mount
> > > Commodore calipers on Datto struts back in the dark ages
> > > Cheers
> > > Feral Errol
> > > ----------
> > > From: Zac Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: Ozdat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Subject: Re: Brakes
> > > Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:51
> > >
> >
>
>
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