10 X 6 Mambas and brakes
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Following on from the article in Mini Mag but posted for info rather than a PM to Nic....

I know Mambas will only fit over 7.5 disks (not the 8.4 or even the 7.9 Fiesta conversion) but I have also read, direct from the box, that they wont accept the MiniSpares 4 pot (7.5) calipers (leaflet inside the box says "these may not fit under some cast 10" wheels such as Mambas").

So (Nic) how, which calipers, or has anyone else achieved it ???

Currently I have on order standard Cooper S 7.5s and I will be using my Mambas (part of my past !!!) but it would be nice if I could make my brakes a litle bit better.

Rod.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Bob will tell you what to do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yROLRovCkso

Personally I've found Cooper S brakes in good order with a decent set of pads in to be perfectly adequate.

Note the decent set of pads, this is important! OE replacement Unipart pads have been found to be good from my experience and others, also Mintex 1144s I have found to be good in Cooper S brakes. I've not used Ferodo DS2500 on a Mini but have done on other cars and found them also to be excellent. As for the "coloured-stuff" range of pads, I would not fit these to a ride on lawnmower.

carbon metalic pads from minispares are also EXCELENT! they make quite a lot of dust though!

OK Vegard, took me a couple of seconds... but which to grind, calipers or inside of wheel ???

Tom, agree entirely about pad choice, I've read lots on this (and other) forums that the plain S setup is fine for most applications (without green/black or any other colour) but all my problems on previous projects have been with fade....
Now, the immediate answer to that should be the disk is the main disipater of heat so the choise of caliper should have little efect but maybe the pad size does and maybe an aluminium caliper will reject pad heat quicker ??

Just thinking out loud so, even if the advantage is minimal, can any four pots be fitted to 7.5 disks under Mambas?

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???