Disc brakes - advice please...

[Adzdum]

I would be interested in joining in a group buy.. or going halves on carriage for some Cinquecento plates.....

I'm just in the process of scavenging some Cinquecento disc's, cailpers and hubs from the local scrap yard..
The guys gonna charge me £50 quid for both sides.. but he asked if I want the hub bearings too coz they are extra?? Again I'm no mechanic but they sound quite important?.. should I get them too? Anything else I should grab while I'm at it?   
Also... it doesn't matter what year/model the Chinq is does it?

Cheers

[rizlarizla]

hi Matey

I have only just recently acquired my first BIS 126 also.. ...and i am no mechanic. I will be taking car to my mechanic in a month or so...can update you when he has a look.

The brakes i got were from a siecento - maybe the cinq stuff will be same and fine or maybe calipers or discs might be big? - not sure ?

I bought all my bits from a bloke in southampton who gave me everything i needed- hubs, calipers, brakes etc. (i have posted this guys details on the forum - on the contacts...give him a call - he might be able to help)..it was as cheap as you are gtting from breakers for the whole lot.

Secondly i was informed that we will need to get some plates to attach what we have to existing BIS stuff...flanges or soem sort...a guy in poland can supply these..but has no stock right now...i think he is from trs racing

I am interested in finding out the sports exhaust and air filter also - so pls let me know how this works for you.... i will try and follow your thread re your exhaust in anycase.....

keep in touch buddy...

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[bis13]

you dont need the hub bearings , i would only buy the calipers to be honest then put new pads and discs on plus the adapter plate.

[Adzdum]

Rizlarizla:  Will do mate, all though anyone who follows in my footsteps would be a brave person.. I dont really have a clue what I'm doing! 

Bis13: your right.. there's not much point buying used discs.. new ones are not that expensive! 

So should I go straight for the 1.1 Sporting Discs or should I stick with something a little more 'entry'? Did they even change the break setup for the sporting version?.. hmmm.. would the calipers be different too?... double hmmm 

[Adzdum]

Would these be overkill? 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIAT-Cinquecento-700-PERFORMANCE-DRILLED-GROOVED-DISCS_W0QQitemZ180345046015QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item180345046015&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

[bis13]

the holes are only there to aid with heat dispersion under heavy braking same as grooves aid to maintain braking efficiency but remember the more there is on the disc the faster your pads will wear down, if you want to go "overkill" then go and get a willwood custom fitted setup.

[Rusty's Uncle]

I would go back to your local breaker guy & offer the £50 for the whole set up including hubs plus all the fixings as if they are not too worn that would be a reasonable deal and you would be well on your way to a budget conversion.

[fightingtorque]

the holes are only there to aid with heat dispersion under heavy braking same as grooves aid to maintain braking efficiency but remember the more there is on the disc the faster your pads will wear down, if you want to go "overkill" then go and get a willwood custom fitted setup.

I have some grooved discs on one of my other cars (Lotus Esprit) and there is a big increase in noise under heavy braking.  I wouldn't go for it unless your'e either making big horsepower or you really need to have 'the grooved look'.  Standard Cinq brakes work fine on a 55 hp cinq sporting so if you still have a two pot 126 motor you'll be fine.

Gav

[1973/126]

 Have you guys had any news from TRS? Have they got the adaptor plates in stock yet? I would also be interested joining in.

[Eklipze3k]

Have you guys had any news from TRS? Have they got the adaptor plates in stock yet? I would also be interested joining in.

Yeah, what he said  - count me in for a group buy

[Adzdum]

I emailed them last week and got the same reply ass Rusty!... Back in stock in a month!?.... 

[Eklipze3k]

Well I'm in no rush, I'll be using the front brakes from The Yellow One when it gets upgraded to Punto GT brakes, giving her a rear disc conversion too hopefully

[Rusty's Uncle]

The disc brake thing did get pushed down the priority list with the engine out & new clutch job plus the response from TRS again. Also the lack of definate designs for adaptor plates to suit the variations ie Panda / Uno or Cinque / Seicento calipers on 240 or 227 mm diameter discs. On the plus side I now have some new stub axle assemblies to build on to check out the set up as I have seen some dodgey stuff on the net about having to grind bits off here & there to clear the wheels. I am short of the front hubs at the moment & the couple of guys who said they could get plates cut out have turned out to be a no show but I had a word today with a guy who knows about CNC laser cutting & he said that with a final design the plate would be quite easy. So things are moving on but I am frustrated by not having access to some basic workshop facilities to trial some adaptor plates 

[nitro_trs]

Hello. The adapter plates are already available. You can contact me on email: [email protected]

[Maddog]

I.ve emailed TRS about these, I've asked for price on a 1/5/10 pairs I'm quite happy to buy these and anybody in 126uk who wants a pair can have them at cost plus postage in the UK the rest will go to friends/ebay/spares box.

will update as soon as they get back to me

Richie