Technical Marea 20v Calipers on 1.2 Bravo

[CFREITAS]

hi guys

i have a spare set of calipers for a marea 20v , so was wandering f i can fit them along with the discs on my 1.2 bravo

will it improve the braking much ?

 

[m20b25]

Unless you make a custom bracket, then no theyre not a straight swap. Why not upgrade to vented discs? They use a bigger pad

 

[CFREITAS]

Unless you make a custom bracket, then no theyre not a straight swap. Why not upgrade to vented discs? They use a bigger pad

Was going to use Vented discs from the marea

 

[m20b25]

The way to look at that is if you can fit the 20v discs then you might as well fit the 305mm discs and Brembos from a Coupé as its a common upgrade

But unfortunately they dont fit on standard cars as the hubs are different. Im assuming yo have standard 257mm x 12mm solid discs, swapping to 257mm x 20mm vented is a straight swap, you need the calipers, carriers, discs and pads. It all bolts on

 

[bridges]

would have thought uprated vented 1.2 discs would give better braking than the 20v discs and calipers on a 1.2

 

[CFREITAS]

The way to look at that is if you can fit the 20v discs then you might as well fit the 305mm discs and Brembos from a Coupé as its a common upgrade

But unfortunately they dont fit on standard cars as the hubs are different. Im assuming yo have standard 257mm x 12mm solid discs, swapping to 257mm x 20mm vented is a straight swap, you need the calipers, carriers, discs and pads. It all bolts on

would i need spacers for the wheels

 

[bridges]

would i need spacers for the wheels

You would need to be running 16 inch wheels minimum to clear the Brembo's, easiest way would be coupe 20vt alloys.
for example 17" stilo blades need 18mm spacing to clear.

This modification unless I am very much mistaken will require master cylinder modification because brembo's will need more fluid to operate them,
and custom brackets to be fabricated for brembo calipers.

on an 80-100bhp car this upgrade is overkill. Discs need to get hot to work.

To put in perspective the brakes on my 1.4 renault modus are as good as the uprated very expensive ones on my coupe.

 

[m20b25]

As stated, 305mm discs on an 80bhp car is totally pointless unless your towing tonnes of stuff and its a huge panel van, like the van below, which has 280mm discs all round for example

For your car, have a look at the link below

Linky linky

 

[CFREITAS]

As stated, 305mm discs on an 80bhp car is totally pointless unless your towing tonnes of stuff and its a huge panel van, like the van below, which has 280mm discs all round for example

For your car, have a look at the link below

Linky linky

i know its an over kill but im trying to work my way up to an engine conversion 20v

 

[bridges]

i know its an over kill but im trying to work my way up to an engine conversion 20v

like your style,
but just for reference is lots of work and buying an hgt 147 or 155 vis is miiiiiiiiiles cheaper. they can be had for less money than the smaller engine variants.

 

[m20b25]

i know its an over kill but im trying to work my way up to an engine conversion 20v

This has been discussed before, have a look at the link below

https://www.fiatforum.com/bravo-brava/260214-1-2-20v-conversion.html

 

[CFREITAS]

like your style,
but just for reference is lots of work and buying an hgt 147 or 155 vis is miiiiiiiiiles cheaper. they can be had for less money than the smaller engine variants.

cant get insured at the moment

 

[m20b25]

Im nearly sure a conversion like that will push the price up even further than a standard HGT would cost to insure...

 

[bridges]

Im nearly sure a conversion like that will push the price up even further than a standard HGT would cost to insure...

my thought too, as insurance will probably also want an engineers report.
I suspect he will be doing this and not declaring it,

 

[CFREITAS]

my thought too, as insurance will probably also want an engineers report.
I suspect he will be doing this and not declaring it,

not declaring

best way to do it

 

[m20b25]

not declaring

best way to do it

Tut tut :doh::shakehead:

 

[Gregovic]

Best way to get uninsured too. (not to mention making you look like an idiot to most people here!)

 

[bridges]

All I will say is,

Insurance is there for the unseen things,
for example if someone pulled out of a side road on you and if there was a collision which were no fault of your own, your insurance would go mental and I suspect the police would too.

 

[CFREITAS]

All I will say is,

Insurance is there for the unseen things,
for example if someone pulled out of a side road on you and if there was a collision which were no fault of your own, your insurance would go mental and I suspect the police would too.

u make a good point, i have declared every mod up until now, brakes, Hids, HLX bumper,marea polys, even the abarth valve caps and im already paying £2959

 

[wellsy87]

u make a good point, i have declared every mod up until now, brakes, Hids, HLX bumper,marea polys, even the abarth valve caps and im already paying £2959

WOAH! Who you insured with???

Give brentacre a call, they're a modified car specialist and don't charge extra premiums for cosmetic modifications like HID's and polys. They even agree a max bhp that you can tune up to before having to change the policy