sorry sparco,

I thought that the alfa is 5X98 as I've seen such a conversion (was about to buy it...) and it only had the extra 3 holes.

V.

thanks Marco I`ll order the discs today

Paul i've updated the first post with part nos.

ta very very much

Looks like a good setup, I'll look it up!

This also means I'll have a good excuse to buy 18-inches and leave the 17" for R-tires...

Have you done much to the rears? Sorry I haven't followed your car so intimately..

No just uprated pads for now. Just made sure everything was working 100% and used goodridge hoses all round and motul RBF600 fluid. My backs get quite hot after 10 laps or so.

ordered my calipers today even got myself 15% discount .will get onto 3g tomorrow and organise the discs,then pads too, ta much again Sparco

Great mate and at this rate you'll have driven them in anger before i have. Remember don't skimp on brake fluid!

good point ,not changed mine in a couple of years.

I`ve got the Tarox rear `big brake` conversion fitted too, it will be good to see how the fronts now mate up with it.

BTW if anyone is interested the part no for the near side caliper is the same as the o/s one but just add a 6 to the end of the nos.

As Marco said,as well as the DB9, this caliper/pad combination is also fitted to the new ford GT .

Should be ok for the coupe then

Wait till you see them, i have pagids and they are rather large and thick, just like me.

Sorry sparco - I'm thicker than you. Can you clarify - are these brakes a straight swap ? I've got 18" wheels so clearance shouldn't be a problem.

Je suis un retard!

Yes mate a direct fit.

cheers mate - bigger brakes - here we come!

So heres a question then... What would it take for a 16vt to get these brakes?

I know CarlT often offers everything u need to change up to the brembos so i would guess its everything on his list except the calipers, disks and pins?

I'd think it'd just be 20VT hubs and track rod ends and that'd be it. Not 100% sure though.

Have found carlT's old thread for the conversion and he wanted £100+vat (so £117.50) for the kit without the calipers (and disks i guess).

oooh a very tidy brake conversion then for about £650 all in. (i already have 18" wheels). THats a bargain. might prod carl for a conversion kit at £100 just so i have one ready for January (when i'll be able to afford the rest).

Just a thought I had today sparco; are you intending to add any extra baffling or fit a dry sump to your coupe?

I know it's been discussed before and general consensus was that the coupe sump is pretty well baffled as is but I remember hearing burnsy managed to destroy an engine due to oil surge. Just thought it might be worth considering as I'm sure your car will see some fairly excessive cornering forces.

You must be bloody phsycic as i was just looking at that today but can't find anything to suit the coupe.

Mind you dry sump kits ain't cheap either but would certainly look at it. Do you have anything in mind?

By the way what's that got to do with brakes??

If you are braking hard, you are going to cause the oil to move away from the pick up, as it has been reported by a few members in the past, that's why

What Begbie said, but also I was going to ask you and thought it would be better as an 'on the forum discussion' than a pm. Couldn't think of anywhere better to put it.

could look at an accusump or similar as an alternative

What's that john?

Accusump is a company who do dry sumps, although i'm sure you could have googled that

I think that's what Sedicirich runs on his Tipo. Might be worth enquiring with him, or looking through his thread (I think on Guy Crofts forum ) of his car/engine build.

I run these on my car - fairly simple install, but not straight swap.

Don't bother with the brackets and pipes - they are for the 147/156 GTA which has different struts, so they don't fit.

I think the better option is to buy the kit to do it yourself, or get a garage to make you a new set of hard break lines from the caliper to the existing bracket. They will be pretty much copying the existing ones but making them slightly longer, as the caliper sits a bit further out.

The alfa discs are drilled for 5 stud rather than the coupes 4 stud. You could either get somebody to re-drill the alfa ones, or I baught a set from 3G of the alfa gta 330mm discs, and asked 3g to dril in the additional holes to make 4x98. Hope that helps!

Agree with Paddy and also got 3G to do my discs.

You can get a two piece 330 disc from compbrake that's a direct fit....