John P
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 03:50 PM |
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Are all Sierra rear calipers the same?
I bought a Sierra diff complete with driveshafts and hubs but without the rear calipers which had been sold seperately.
I hope to build a dedion rear axle and will obvioulsy need to get some calipers but are these all the same? I saw some on e-bay last week described
as 2WD Cosworth but didn't bid since I wasn't sure they would be OK.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 03:58 PM |
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I think that some calipers were for vented discs (cosworth) and the rest are for unvented discs.
So no, not all the same (probably)
HTH
Mark
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 04:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
So no, not all the same (probably)
Always decisive eh Mark - I think  I'm sure it's contagious, what do you think?
Steve
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 04:22 PM |
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as mookaloid says cossies had vented discs so the caliper is wider
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/8/06 at 04:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
So no, not all the same (probably)
Always decisive eh Mark - I think I'm sure it's contagious, what do you think?
Steve
Ah, well - I like to be vague enough not to be sued
I was talking to a guy at work once who had a shagged for V6 essex in his Granada Auto. He was telling me he could get a V6 from a manual car for £100
and as I was onto my second reliant scimitar at the time he asked me whether I thought it would fit.
I said sure just unbolt the flywheel and bolt the torque converter on instead. (I had read an article about converting Auto Scimitars to manual in the
owners club mag and they said it would work - I didn't mention this bit though )
Obviously he came back to me a couple of weeks later and said  you know you said you could just swap the flywheel for the torque converter on
that engine - well the bolt pattern is not the same
He further enquired as to whether I wanted to buy the engine off him for £100
I try to be a little more circumspect nowadays
[Edited on 22/8/06 by mookaloid]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 23/8/06 at 07:20 AM |
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The short simple answer is there are 2 kinds - one for soild discs and one for vented
vented rear disc types can be found mainly on cossie 4x4's and big engined granada's
solid on everything else (inc cossie 2wd)
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