sounds like a plan.are you going for an uno T front brake upgrade?or if you upgrade to 14" the punto GT upgrade

custard boy said:

sounds like a plan.are you going for an uno T front brake upgrade?or if you upgrade to 14" the punto GT upgrade

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I am keeping the original brakes, as they are better than the standard panda ones

One of the problems with the new Ford ST and numerous other new cars is that after a hard thrashing and parking up the handbrakes go loose after the rear disks cool... my bosses ended up in the middle of the road at the bottom of his drive after 10 minutes of parkage.

drums are better for keeping things where you expect them to be... they are easier to free up ( hammer works good ) and cheaper... they just don't look as trick

christopher watson said:

I am keeping the original brakes, as they are better than the standard panda ones

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well then you would be mad to do a rear disc conversion! rear brake bias is a dangerous thing

custard boy said:

well then you would be mad to do a rear disc conversion! rear brake bias is a dangerous thing

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If i HAD done the conversion, i was planning on getting the front brakes off a UT, but seeing as that idea has gone out of the window, i will be leaving the front calipers as standard, and getting the grooved rear drums

i would forget the grooved rear drums and be more inclined to upgrade on the front.
realisticaly your not going to get much benifit from the rears as it only helps with deglazing.
upgrading on the front is much more noticable. the rears do much less braking

the pads i have got...
http://www.needforspeed.co.uk/pages/sbv_pl.asp?Vehicle=FTPAN01&PartType=BRT10

the discs i have got...
https://sslrelay.com/buypartsby.co.uk/discsdetails.php?recordID=1358

yeah im sure there an improvement over standard but to be talking of rear disc conversions i would have thought a front upgrade as in bigger discs and calipers would been on the cards

custard boy said:

yeah im sure there an improvement over standard but to be talking of rear disc conversions i would have thought a front upgrade as in bigger discs and calipers would been on the cards

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he's got 13" wheels on the car... it's a little cramped with the standard calipers.

i would still be tempted on uno t vented discs then

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