Part 2/4 2015 Jan - SandownGreat day, great instructions.
Session after session we got quicker and more confident.
Making some friends.
Followed that EK Civic around and we swapped positions for many laps. Pulling up alongside and giving each other thumbs up.
Keeping cool between sessions, at the back of the garage in the wind.
We’d later find out that the Blue 2014 Ford Focus ST out there with us was CarAdvice.com.au - doing a review. Haha timing >
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSk-1mi-vxo There’s a little red car making an appearance at 0.01 and 2.06 !
Fellow adub
Benji was there too =)
Benji and I actually met years ago, great guy. Good catch up even if only brief.
The result of my amateur driving skills, and a motor that seemed to spin forever.
(Poor prep on my behalf didn't expect the fluid to cook, or pads to wear out that quick.)
By the end of the day I had no pads, wheels covered in brake dust, boiled fluid, and I’d later find out warped rotors.
Had too much fun, swore to do it as often as possible.To do it again and often safely, whilst still remaining a street car meant upgrading the brakes to cope, have better longevity, reduce fade and have more bite.
At the very least to drive again the car needed:
Front Rotors
Rear Rotors
Pads
Fluid.
**The car wouldnt move from the driveway for another 11 months.
March - April 2015Looked into, and later bought a set of Toyota Celica ST165 front calipers (2 piston sliding callipers).
Keeping it all OEM and because they're directly compatible with AW11’s.
They mounting directly with no modification to the uprights.
They would need rebuilding, and ideally because OEM OCD would use Celica ST165 rotors redrilled to 4x100.
ST165 Front Brake UpgradeCaliper: 2 pot - Sliding
Disc: 277xXXmm - Redrilled to 4x100
Decided to do it myself. Working on it over a period of time, when it possible whilst saving for the parts in between the numerous stages. Because it definitely wasn’t going to be a quick job, I’d have more time, and at this point was only a little more to source and use a lighter more powerful kit from a handful of companies.
An alternative to the ST165 front callipers could be the BBK kit from MRP.
MRP offered the best BBK kit. Value for money, ease of install and it was developed with the intention of being hassle free using the stock master cylinder and no need for additional modifications. Will clear most 15in rims.
MRP (Manon Racing Products NZ) Front Brake UpgradeCaliper: Wildwood Dynapro 4 pot
(With option dust seals)Disc: 280x25mm Brembo disc - Redrilled 4x100
Brakelines swapped for custom HEL lines made by MRP.
The rear brakes I’d rebuild and replace the rotors and pads.Rear rotors: RDARear pads: EBC
Decided to go with the MRP Big Brake Kit!
June 2015MRP Kit arrives.
Mock fit to find x2 things.
1. My Work S1R’s are not S1R’s…(They turned out to early 1 piece cast Work Nezarts (Great not what I bought.))
2. Calipers are awesome but clash. Rims do not clear.
Absolutely shattered. TIME EXTENSION.(If they were S1R’s the guys at Work via a dimension sheet show it would clear.)
July 2015RDA (RDA751D) rotors sourced from Online Performance Autos.
Test fitted
July 2015Looking to clear the front caliper, trying what wheels I had.
The original upgrade RAYS GR-N’s rims from early in the thread clear! But I only had one.
One cracked memento.
Seeing this could take a while longer, I managed to pick up a spare upright to work with in the garage, off the car for all measurements.
MID JULY 2015By mid July and the cold and wet had adversely affected the paint, being parked under a cover for a few weeks, I went away and then got distracted doing other things I had a micro greenhouse, oxidising, fading and bubbling paint...
Great.
Id send it off for paint as soon as the brakes were installed.
Which meant finding rims that clear.
AUGUST 2015Love a 2, 3 piece rim and Watanabe RS’s hence a staggered set of SSRxWatanabe RS8’s was found on Yahoo Auctions.
4x100 15x6.5 +21 (Maybe get rebuilt into 7.5’s?! In the future)
4x100 15x7 +27
Cool!
They arrived buckled, and in need of a resto…Great.
TIME EXTENSION. All lessons. The whole thing so far. Even though I tried to “measure twice and cut once” a host of variables helped drag things out.
They would clear.
JUST.
To be safe, if they flexed even the
slightest bit i'd be in trouble…For peace of mind I'd have to use a 3mm spacer.
Custom Hub rings machined. Better rim to hub interface for better mounting weight distribution and vibration reduction.
ID (Toyota hub spigot @54.9mm) OD (SSRxWatanabe ID@ 65mm).
Which affected the offset calculations...
SEPTEMBER 2015Woah September.
The OEM rear caliper rebuild kits arrived and both calipers were rebuilt over the month.
I thought I could make do without SST 09756-00010 to remove and reinstall the adjusting bolt. Ha. Nope.
Spent a good half day struggling. I regrettably sacrificed a piston from a spare caliper to get its floating coarse thread spiral core. This core when wound down, compresses the assembly allowing for effortless re-installation.
It actually worked a treat if anyone needs to borrow it let me know, or grab it from a rear piston!
Rear calipers wire wheeled, cleaned, re lubed with OEM grease and rebuilt with new seals.
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