10in wheels on 8.4 discs
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minispeed are doing 10in S-style wheel and you can use the turbo brakes from the metro turbo sounds good but it`s a big off set on the rim what do you think it will do to the handling ???

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ruin it!

kean tried the old 1" spacer and a set of 10" wellers over 8.4" discs and it just looked wrong, which is how i'm guessing they get round it with these wheels. he's now running a set of S brakes.....

Edited by Nick on 26th Feb, 2006.

that is what i thinking s huds GB alloys in 10in with 4 pot alloy calipers

Edited by jimmy on 26th Feb, 2006.

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Hi,
You can use Mk I Fiesta calipers, have the 8.4 disc machined down and put just about any 10" rim on top. Can't remember which forum I saw all the details on though :(
Cheers,
Gavin. :)

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Im running mk2 fiesta calipers on 7.9" disks and they are brilliant, got details of the conversion off royallingham on MF and ive got a page explianing how to do it on TMF
They fit under most 10" alloys but not steelies

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hello pickup76 what`s the post name for the fiesta brakes

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Edited by billydude on 27th Feb, 2006.

mini1071s you mean spot on ???

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was the calipers for the fiesta with 12in wheels

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Hi,
IIRC the mark one Fiesta had 12" wheels.
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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i think billydude was the first one to document this comversion

they can be mounted to fit under 10's but im not the person to ask

It`s because i`ve raced xr2 fiesta`s and the calipers are bigger and vented discs

Edited by jimmy on 27th Feb, 2006.

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christ billydudes still about, thought you'd fell off the face of the planet dude good to see you around still.

out of interest any pics of Iains hoses and a price maybe

and has anyone got the fiesta calipers on a turbo mini yet ?

it was not me that came up with the idea somone else on miniclassic posted about it but was shot down in flames kinda like I was for suggesting an injection tank instead of messing about with drilling and welding tanks
but I dont care about opinions hence me doing the fiesta conversion and converting a few others with my posts and pics about it :)

Edited by billydude on 28th Feb, 2006.

whats the weight like on them? lighter that an S setup?

I cant quite remember the price but it is in the £20/30 bracket.

basically its identical to a mini front brake hose but 2" longer and with the correct fitting for the fezzy callipers (m6 x 1 i seem to recall? really cant remember!!)

nice cheers

ill go and get my minispares book in a min and get some equivilents

S: 2,66
8,4: 3,46
Turbo: 3,48
Minispares aluminium: 1,8

I cannot believe that the four pots aren't much heavier than the two pots!

now all on e bay looking ha ha ha

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Cheers Iain I'll think about it because I'm skint
and cheers for chucking them in the pick 1071
my only gripe with the fiesta conversion is the metro driveflange pushes the wheels out too far although they look kinda cool out like that I'd still prefer them in a tad but thats my next mission if I do another set

Edited by billydude on 28th Feb, 2006.

Hi,
There's this way of doing it also....

But I think that set up uses the hubs off the drum brake setup, I think that amount of offset on a drum bearing set up isn't going to last long though! Apparently they stick out the same amount a S disks according to the site....
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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I've seen that way but dont have any drum hubs as I dumped the ones I had
but I rekon with a touch of shaveing on the mounting ears and a touch machined off the metro flanges will help but you never know I might never get around to it

I agree with you mini1071s the fiesta brakes are the best ive ever driven. They did better than my mates vented alloy 4 pot setup when i was on the ring and they're still going strong. Im going to do another set for my pickup and the only thing im gona change is how i do the hoses.
Heres a link if anyones interested :

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