Technical punto gt brake upgrade

[allanhelen]

If you haven't got them alread, while you've got the brakes in bits fit braided hoses (be carfull spitting the unions to the solid pipes or you will be replacing those too) For what they cost a new set of spring clips for the fronts are worth considering too, they are only a few quid direct from fiat

 

[adz182]

i will fit braided lines in the future but at the moment i am just fitting new std hoses as i dont have the money. what do you mean by spring clips ?
Adz

 

[fingers99]

The clips that hold the pads in (one per side). You may save a few pence from your local factor, rather than FIAT.

 

[adz182]

lol oh yeah i know what you mean i got some new ones when i got the pads

 

[randomizered]

I'm unemplloyed (yet again ) from Friday...so if you need a hand bleeding...give a shout

Kristian

 

[adz182]

yeah mate that would be gr8 bit of a drive for u tho enit it ????
Adz

 

[ycming]

is it only me, but those 2 caliper look different ? possible one from earlier yeahr and one from later?

But defo looks good

Ming

 

[Brooky]

Ones a front, the others a rear

 

[adz182]

Ones a front, the others a rear

yeah that . the larger one on the left is a gt3 front and the right is a marea 2.0 rear

 

[adz182]

here is a pic of the fronts and rears

still waiting for front discs what ever happened to postmen delivering at like 8 am ????:bang:

 

[ycming]

silly me , so you are Tesco conflakes and Tesco bran falskes fan ?? My g/f loves them !

Ming

 

[adz182]

so you are Tesco conflakes and Tesco bran falskes fan ?? My g/f loves them !

Ming

ha ha how did you guess .... the discs arrived about 30mins ago gonna start fitting tomorrow got work at 2

 

[adz182]

Well what crap weather .... but that didnt stop me working on the car got the patio umbrella out and put it up next to car. kept me dry while i swaped the front brakes over :slayer:
Pretty easy swap really all nut cracked off easy no cuts to my hands ...(first time ever after working on a cinq )
My dad came over after I fitted them to help me bleed the front calipers with new fluid after flushing through alot of black goo the clear fluid came through with no bubbles . Might start on the rears tomorrow just trying to get warm again now .
A few pics for ya ...
Cheers Adz

 

[fingers99]

Nice! I see you used the stock Alfa 155 disks!

 

[adz182]

I got them from rally design said group N discs
looks smart enough for me . took it down the road and its much better feel already
:slayer:

 

[J333EVO]

Cool, I used Rally Design Group N Maxtorq discs when I did my conversion, brilliant discs for money.

I only found them after doing some research on a track day car forum, they came out top of what lats repeated abuse on track days, way above more well know brands which on average lasted half as long.

By going from a smaller grooved disc to a larger flat disc you have increased the surface area by a massive amount, braking should be massively improved now.

Get them, bedded in properly, 4-6 hard stops from 60-10mph not allowing car to fully stop, followed by a period of colling never allowing car to fully stop, a nice drive at constant speed down dual carriageway/motorway should do for 10mins then 2 80-10 stops will have them bedded in a treat!

 

[adz182]

cheers mate well im off to work soon thats town and a long dual carrage way so should have them going well by the time i get to work .
Cheers Adz