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would like peoples views on the following brakes before i splash the cash pros and cons please and if it was your money what would you buy

Coopers s setup 7.5 discs and calipers

Minispares 4 pots (not purple as purples for girls) 7.9 vented or solid?

minisport 4 pots (apparently recently made better??? ) 7.9 vented or solid?

Kad 4 pots (are they really the best??? considering the outlay?? ) 7.9 vented or solid?

cheers

oh currently have single circuit non servo'd 8.4 setup that seems to work well just want to run 10's

Edited by wolfie on 18th Oct, 2005.

Vented will widen your track by 10mm / side i believe...
I suspect Alloy 4-pots and Vented's aren't much lighter than 's'
Grooved 's' discs are pretty effective with the right pads - but it's obvious that vented stuff is better for heavy usage.

Fiesta calipers for a real budget solution?

Are my early metty turbo 4 pots with spacers in any good

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

By the time the 8.4 vented disc is turned down the vents are almost all gone.

TD is coorect the alloy 4 pot is only a little lighter than the "S" caliper, i done the "one in each hand" test.

Purple is all i could get, i had 5 working days to sort that car for the charity day!!!

Thoughts on any differences 'in use' john?

I know NP....

they felt very good Dave, a niece progressive feel with a good bite when the pedal was pressed hard.

BTW they are on 7.5 discs not 7.9...again limitd stock.

Sorry to go a little OT, but what is the best pad/disc combo for my cooper S setup?

What you have will do you alex, fit unipart pads the next time you need them..minispares.

does no one have the minispares or kad calipers then?

I've got a set of KAD billet calipers which are yellow. These are not as good as the purple ones :)

I've driven Minis with stock 7,5" brakes which have been VERY good. I've also driven Minis with Minispares` four pots AND servo, and that was fantastic.

On my turbo now, I'm fitting the Metro four pots with solid discs to reduce weight somewhat. With the correct pads you will never overheat a lightweight Mini's brakes.

Fiesta sliding calipers? RUBBISH!

I used to have the KAD calipers with the spacer in for vented disks (7.9). I found them very effective for trackday use, but the pads I used were a bit hard for the road.

Sold them on now as I don't plan to use a mini for regular trackdays.

I personally like the feel of s discs with the late type direct servo. Will be using that setup and maybe using grooved discs when the car goes back together.

I've had the last few cars on S brakes and i like them. 2 without a servo and one with a remote servo.
All have had plenty of stopping power when in good condition.
Currently using S brakes with no servo but havent had them on the road since the servo came off (same set of brakes).
Because ive already got all these bits that are virtually new i cant justify new 4 pots yet.

I use the minispares alloy 4 pots, plain black! I have single line brakes, no servo, o 7.9" veneted groved disks, found them bloody good!

Team Racing

I used to use 7.5" Cooper S setup, with a set of Mintex 1144 pads and non servo they were excellent brakes!

Another recommendation I would make is to junk the standard rear limiter valve, and fit an adjustable one. As standard, the compensator limits the rear brake so much that the hardly do anything. By careful setting of an adjustable valve and some trial and error you can actually make the rear brakes earn their keep and do some useful stopping to assist the front brakes. Some trial and error will be needed to get them setup right. Also useful for left foot braking if you desire.

Minispares 4 pots with drilled/grooved discs and EBC green pads. Never had any problems even when driving "sportingly" lol.

Phil.

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well as minispares semingly do not want any of my hard earned cash ive looked elsewhere

i see MED are selling Tar-ox calipers as Tar-ox are a well respected make i am quite interested but cant find any details at all, anyone know anything?

from the small picture ive seen, those tarox ones look very similar to the old style minispares cast calipers, prob wrong though

but do you really want to deal with MED?

Team Racing

my boss swears by wilwood brakes, he has a set of them on his corvette. Not too sure about mini fitments?

i think he said they were doing them in 8.4 size when i was down there. Those corvette brakes are lighter than my 4pots