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F40 brakes #193551 17/09/2006 19:24 17/09/2006 19:24
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Oh yes just received notice that they are ready..... well okay, the coop is immobile ( infact declared SORN ! ) but once the new lump is fitted, brakes are quite vital, seeing as the coop OEM stuff is purely no good anymore, I've invested in keeping myself on the road ( ignore the Alfa logos ), these are PROPER Genuine F40 calipers, floating genuine discs, custom machined hubs, no messing about the cost.. Calipers and a reverse view reverse view I have also took the plunge & gone for a twin plate ( just hoping that it drives as close to OEM as possible ) given that it's also unsprungs, so just hoping it's not too snatchy, but my advisor recommends this as the best available version helix twin plate now all I need is a coop to put them onto ! Taz

Re: F40 brakes #193552 17/09/2006 20:10 17/09/2006 20:10
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Set of upgraded 147/156 GTA Brembo 4 pots,thats what they are.Taken off the back of a Ferarri and used by Alfa Romeo to cure brake warping on the smaller 4 pots and 305mm discs on the GTA,s.Still look nice though. Well done.

Re: F40 brakes #193553 17/09/2006 20:15 17/09/2006 20:15
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,405 Castle Combe Flea Forum is my life
Flea Forum is my life Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,405 Castle Combe	Hey Taz, good to see it's coming together again Do you know how much more braking force these have than the coupé 4 pot Brembos?

Re: F40 brakes #193554 18/09/2006 01:15 18/09/2006 01:15
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	not measured them ( how could I ! ) but the front / rear calipers on a F40 are the same put it this way, they won't warp on the coop I think they are about 355 - 360mm discs & miles ahead of our 20v brembos safe to say they've been tested prior to me investing worth every peeny & the work involed to make them fit

Re: F40 brakes #193555 18/09/2006 03:45 18/09/2006 03:45
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	iirc , the 147GTA's front brembos were initially 305 mm - ie same as the coupe's. but they were subsequently revised and resulted in loads of used 305mm setups in the market. . v. nice discs .... drool.

Re: F40 brakes #193556 18/09/2006 05:21 18/09/2006 05:21
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	IIRC Markus has these on his coop. They look very nice.

Re: F40 brakes #193557 18/09/2006 13:28 18/09/2006 13:28
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Lot of integrales running around with F40 brakes, Barry at EvoCars pioneered the conversion Must be a lot of F40s not running around because someone has stolen their brakes - they can't all be museum cars

Re: F40 brakes #193558 18/09/2006 14:36 18/09/2006 14:36
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	hehee... good stuff there Taz! I was chatting to your 'advisor' on Friday , and he was giving me the low down on these discs as well as other goodies!,.. they do sound fantastic, the only and important point to note for any brake hungry Coupe owners is that they won't fit on standard 16" rims. Joe

Re: F40 brakes #193559 18/09/2006 16:11 18/09/2006 16:11
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only... paul My life on the forum
paul My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only...	Nyssa I heard that Barry had sadly passed away .....is that correct ? Evo first worked on my car to fit a 6 speeder and the short shift, must be over 5-6 years ago now ......thats at the time,the `advisor` still worked their . I`ve not been around much ,so,is there any reason we have stopped calling him Barbz ?? was Paul S,now just paul...Member since Oct 2000,Coupe may be FATALLY injured - :(oh no it's not

Re: F40 brakes #193560 18/09/2006 16:39 18/09/2006 16:39
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,405 Castle Combe Flea Forum is my life
Flea Forum is my life Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,405 Castle Combe	Ahhh you haven't heard then Paul, Barbz recently changed his name by deed poll to the Advisor

Re: F40 brakes #193561 18/09/2006 21:11 18/09/2006 21:11
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 132 Markus On a journey
Markus On a journey Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 132	the discs are actually 330mm x 32mm.... the brakes are awesome but at the moment im runny the tarox 1 piece disc!! Taz u will need them for the 2.4 cos they are not enough for my 2.0

Re: F40 brakes #193562 18/09/2006 21:54 18/09/2006 21:54
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FerrariBrakes.jpg

Re: F40 brakes #193563 18/09/2006 22:17 18/09/2006 22:17
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	ok ok ,..where can I get the 17" rims and brakes then joe

Re: F40 brakes #193564 18/09/2006 22:23 18/09/2006 22:23
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,033 I WANT F40 S S1MMA Competition Level
S1MMA Competition Level S Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,033 I WANT F40	what about the full F40 conversion, brakes/wheels? I know they're 1 stud, but surely the Advisor can convert the 20VT hub somehow??? Photoshop 20VT with F40 rims anyone????? Sideways a LOT

Re: F40 brakes #193565 18/09/2006 22:36 18/09/2006 22:36
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FerrariBrakes.jpg thats my m8s Chris car innit? Can ask him what exactly he's running if you like (he visits the UK forum occasionally, but spends most of his day moding the Greek one...) V.

Re: F40 brakes #193566 18/09/2006 22:40 18/09/2006 22:40
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	yes, I think thats his car. cheers.

Re: F40 brakes #193567 18/09/2006 23:33 18/09/2006 23:33
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,295 Sandhurst Begbie Ex El Presidente
Begbie Ex El Presidente I AM a Coop Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,295 Sandhurst	Quote: Quote: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes3.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FerrariBrakes.jpg thats my m8s Chris car innit? Can ask him what exactly he's running if you like (he visits the UK forum occasionally, but spends most of his day moding the Greek one...) V. Yup Chris's car. Think the calipers are 550 or 575 maranello calipers Originally Posted by Jonny - After being taken out at Spa Your car is Usain Bolt with wellies

Re: F40 brakes #193568 19/09/2006 03:31 19/09/2006 03:31
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Sadly we lost Barry last summer

Re: F40 brakes #193569 19/09/2006 13:22 19/09/2006 13:22
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: Quote: Quote: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes2.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FBrakes3.jpg yeah..... thats my car,and theese are 575 maranello 4 pot callipers with 340mm brembo brake discs. adapted to 20vt hubs with with machined stainless steel adaptors. any info on the brake conversion please ask. i am now planning a 360 rear brake conversion with 312 mm disc size. cheers to all uk mates. chris http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/pistole/FerrariBrakes.jpg thats my m8s Chris car innit? Can ask him what exactly he's running if you like (he visits the UK forum occasionally, but spends most of his day moding the Greek one...) V. Yup Chris's car. Think the calipers are 550 or 575 maranello calipers

Re: F40 brakes #193570 19/09/2006 15:43 19/09/2006 15:43
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only... paul My life on the forum
paul My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only...	Quote: Sadly we lost Barry last summer Hell of a nice guy,liked him a lot was Paul S,now just paul...Member since Oct 2000,Coupe may be FATALLY injured - :(oh no it's not

Re: F40 brakes #193571 19/09/2006 15:46 19/09/2006 15:46
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only... paul My life on the forum
paul My life on the forum Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,576 Glasgow,Near Florence..If only...	Flea......crikey ,been away for a couple of weeks and ,Barbz now sounds like somebody from a business management course was Paul S,now just paul...Member since Oct 2000,Coupe may be FATALLY injured - :(oh no it's not

Re: F40 brakes #193572 24/09/2006 17:31 24/09/2006 17:31
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	holy be-jesus ! just taken delivery of these blighters, the discs are MASSIVE, they litterally fill out the wheels ( i'm on 18's ) the calipers are massiver ( is that a word ! ) even more just waiting for the hoses & pads to arrive, then it's wishbones ( poly jobs ), new master cyl & a good old sat session under the car amazing machine work on the bells, here's hoping that it all just bolts togethor ! keep u lot updated

Re: F40 brakes #193573 24/09/2006 18:01 24/09/2006 18:01
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: holy be-jesus ! just taken delivery of these blighters, the discs are MASSIVE, they litterally fill out the wheels ( i'm on 18's ) the calipers are massiver ( is that a word ! ) even more just waiting for the hoses & pads to arrive, then it's wishbones ( poly jobs ), new master cyl & a good old sat session under the car amazing machine work on the bells, here's hoping that it all just bolts togethor ! keep u lot updated This post is worthless without pics.

Re: F40 brakes #193574 25/09/2006 07:18 25/09/2006 07:18
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Quote: This post is worthless without pics totally worthless .... below pond scum ....

Re: F40 brakes #193575 25/09/2006 15:42 25/09/2006 15:42
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Ive been looking into these and is it not also possible to take the full setup from a 675 marranello?? they look like they would just about fit for us if we had larger wheels of course...

Re: F40 brakes #193576 25/09/2006 16:17 25/09/2006 16:17
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,158 Near Reading JohnS I need some sleep
JohnS I need some sleep Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,158 Near Reading	Guys, Markus is running the same brake setup and there's plenty of pics of his car about if you want to see what it looks like. He is using a 330x32mm solid disc though as they are available in 5 stud fitment. KP - almost any brake setup can be made to fit, the difficulty and cost is associated with developing the ally bells so that the disc has the correct offset and stud pattern, and the correct brackets so that the caliper can be mounted to our mounting points (and there is no general standard for mounting points) and ensuring the bracket the correct offset relative to the disc. So yes in principle you could take any Ferrari calipers, but how would you get hold of the desired ones? My Porsche calipers cost £350+VAT for EACH caliper from Porsche. The size of disc you can fit under a wheel depends on the wheel design quite a bit - eg. my 340mm discs easily clear the 17" Team Dynamics pro race 1.2s but barely clear my Azev E so much so that I have to use 12mm spacers to clear the support band at the back of the alloy face.

Re: F40 brakes #193577 25/09/2006 17:49 25/09/2006 17:49
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	Sorry JohnS i meant to put in the rear brakes would bea good upgrade as they look like 4pot brembos but must have a brake cable pull on them to be able to be fitted without issue and look about the same size as our current front brakes

Re: F40 brakes #193578 25/09/2006 22:16 25/09/2006 22:16
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,158 Near Reading JohnS I need some sleep
JohnS I need some sleep Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,158 Near Reading	they would indeed. I think Ferraris usually have a drum brake on the rear within the disc for the handbrake though, unless the car you mention is different. Some of the Jags have a seperate handbrake caliper so there are two calipers on the rear wheel which is another way to get around the problem of the handbrake.

Re: F40 brakes #193579 01/10/2006 18:18 01/10/2006 18:18
A Anonymous Unregistered
Anonymous Unregistered A	quick fitted pic, for those that are interested fitted brakes final view cheers Taz

Re: F40 brakes #193580 01/10/2006 18:26 01/10/2006 18:26
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,194 Göteborg, Sweden Freddan72 Competition Level
Freddan72 Competition Level Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,194 Göteborg, Sweden	Nice brakes . Why do you still have the Alfa Romeo logo on? Coupé Fiat 20V Turbo Plus 1999, T19 Mitsubishi turbo https://youtu.be/O9qrLj3Ap00 Now FCP Stage3!

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