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 1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:22:13pm
Hi Guys loooking at uprating my crappy drums to 4 pot calipers to fit under my 10's and was looking at the Mini Sport calipers, just wanted to hear some of your views on them.
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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:26:17pm
do a quick search it has been coverd before
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:27:00pm
thanks
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:39:06pm
Be careful, 4 pots might not fit under all 10" wheels even on 7.5" discs. Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:46:14pm
oh ok, im planning to use 6x10" wellers 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
30th Oct, 2008 at 12:53:33pm
I'm running the early minisport calipers under 5x10 revolutions. seem to work ok although I did have problems initially with siezed bleed valves - understand the new ones are a slightly different design now |
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 7265 Posts Member #: 1268 The Boom Boom speaker Police! Essex |
30th Oct, 2008 at 01:07:21pm
Hopefully they come with bleed nipples on both sides now.
In the 13's at last!.. Just |
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
30th Oct, 2008 at 01:25:11pm
they only have a single bleed nipple on the back 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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1394 Posts Member #: 1346 Post Whore bromsgrove |
30th Oct, 2008 at 02:10:16pm
i have kad four pots with 2 bleed nipples, fit like a glove under my lovely 6x10 mb's. mmmmmmmmmmmm |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
30th Oct, 2008 at 02:32:35pm
In my case it was Mambas (6 X 10) that I couldn't get a definative answer to.
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
30th Oct, 2008 at 02:46:55pm
KAD have a pdf with a template of their caliper and disc setups, it would be good if the others could do the same. I don't have a hope with my reverse rims sadly. On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
30th Oct, 2008 at 02:56:35pm
ive just spoken to someone and they have 7.9" vented discs under 10" wellers, so it looks promising
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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
30th Oct, 2008 at 03:11:44pm
dont forget some wellers are diffrent offset. some styles of them can fit under "modefied" metro turbo setup. as for reverse rims, you can fit them with KAD calipers :)
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2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
30th Oct, 2008 at 04:30:00pm
On 30th Oct, 2008 Paul R said:
as for reverse rims, you can fit them with KAD calipers :) Do Tell! I thought with a non-vented 7.5" disc and a spacer between the wheel and flange it might but did't know they will fit otherwise. On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
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4018 Posts Member #: 1757 Back to Fucking Tool status Swindon |
30th Oct, 2008 at 04:33:57pm
well they are reverse rims on that pick up, they had a knock mark on one wheel but it was buckeld. they are kad 7.5 setup with solid disks i belive it is a cooper S flanj on it though, i will try and find out for you Drives
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2497 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
30th Oct, 2008 at 04:37:24pm
On 30th Oct, 2008 Rod S said: I had a set of standard 2 pot's on a set of mamba alloys years ago no spacers required. Back then it was either weller's or mambas on 10s if you wanted to run discs as the cooper s disc set up's were like hens teeth
In my case it was Mambas (6 X 10) that I couldn't get a definative answer to. One forum told me they wouldn't fit without a small spacer, others said it would be OK. About 18 months ago I had a look at a box of the MiniSpares ones (not MiniSport) at my local supplier (who sells on some MiniSpares stuff) and the leaflet inside specifically stated "these may not fit under some 10" cast alloy wheels such as Mambas..." That was 18 months ago so the designs may have changed - I can't find anything on the MiniSpares web site to confirm what that leaflet said 18 months ago. So I took the safe option and bought the standard 7.5" AP calipers. More recentley, I discovered that there are three different versions of the Mambas anyway, superfically the same but not actually the same...... Own the day
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2500 Posts Member #: 648 Post Whore Northern Ireland (ex AUS) |
30th Oct, 2008 at 09:49:51pm
Actually Paul your right, a re-read of the KAD wesite mentions reverse rims as one of the wheel types that should fit with a solid disc and their calipers. A phone call may be made to KAD tomorrow me thinks. Sorry for the hijack! On 7th Nov, 2008 Nic said:
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499 Posts Member #: 2257 Senior Member Brighton |
30th Oct, 2008 at 10:46:48pm
I am hoping I can get a set of the 6pot KADs I have under my 9 x 10s... haven't tried yet, if that fails I have a pair of 8 x 10s for the front to have a go with . . . |
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:23:58pm
i bit the bullit an brought the 7.9" vented kit from mini sport, ive just assemblied them and found that the caliper is offset from the disc, i did hear about some people spacing the disc from the flange, any ideas? 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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 6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:38:51pm
On 5th Nov, 2008 longy said:
i bit the bullit an brought the 7.9" vented kit from mini sport, ive just assemblied them and found that the caliper is offset from the disc, i did hear about some people spacing the disc from the flange, any ideas? by how much, |
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4314 Posts Member #: 700 Formerly British Open Classic The West Country |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:42:28pm
On 5th Nov, 2008 longy said:
i bit the bullit an brought the 7.9" vented kit from mini sport, ive just assemblied them and found that the caliper is offset from the disc, i did hear about some people spacing the disc from the flange, any ideas? Are the discs vented or solid? Also what drive flanges have you got? Isambard Kingdom Brunel said:
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:45:48pm
they are vented and im using metro flanges, its offset by about 8mm 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:49:33pm
On 5th Nov, 2008 longy said: ,
they are vented and im using metro flanges, its offset by about 8mm are you using metro disks, you must be if vented, are you using mini uprights, yuo will have some missmatched components |
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1547 Posts Member #: 2727 Post Whore Bicester |
5th Nov, 2008 at 09:51:04pm
im using mini uprights, metro flanges and the discs are 7.9" vented grooves mini sport discs. i think it must be the flanges 1972 998 TURBO SLEEPER |
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6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
5th Nov, 2008 at 10:03:54pm
On 5th Nov, 2008 longy said:
im using mini uprights, metro flanges and the discs are 7.9" vented grooves mini sport discs. i think it must be the flanges you cannot mix metro flanges with mini disks, metro flanges are thinner so have adeeper bell on the disk to put the disk in the right place, if you vented disks are specials for the mini , you need mini flanges, were disks expensive, youd be better off using both metro flange and disk |
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