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[01smartc]

Hi all, as you may know Ive been trying to design and manufacture a rear disc brake convertion. Its taken me a while but I think ive finally finished a hub from billet that will work!

The Unit accepts standard rear bearings and will slot straight onto you radius arms!

Let me know what you think so far!





Chris @ Smart Performance

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

You made that yourself? nice work.

[01smartc]

Lol cheers, yer made them myself. Its just having the right machines to do the jobs. Having a fully kitted out engine building workshop helps!

Glad you like them

[Retro_10s]

nice

how much lighter is this set-up compared to drums?>

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Nice next time im using a lathe i will think of this as my inspiration

[The_Mistro]

they look really good!

Edited by The_Mistro, 17 July 2009 - 12:45 AM.

[Paul Wiginton]

Looks similar to the ones I made but is yours wide enough to take a spaced drum into account?



Paul

[dave21478]

Thats the easy part, now you need to make a caliper mount that will bolt straight on too, and accept an easy-to-find rear caliper that has a system for both hydraulic action as normal and a cable-operated handbrake so it will be road legal.

[Jordie]

Easy to find but also cheap to buy new/refurbished so more people can afford the kit.

[danoz24]

Hi all, as you may know Ive been trying to design and manufacture a rear disc brake convertion. Its taken me a while but I think ive finally finished a hub from billet that will work!

The Unit accepts standard rear bearings and will slot straight onto you radius arms!

Let me know what you think so far!





Chris @ Smart Performance

chris they look the b*llox. well done chap. who might this kit be for????

i wonder......

[01smartc]

lol, i was going to send the pic straight to you... but your inbox if full so put them on here.

Ive got a plan for the calipers etc but im still working on it... just out of interest, what would be people spend on a kit? Complete with everything, calipers, hubs, bearings etc?

So ive got a budget to work to.

Chris

[Jordie]

KAD rear disc setup is £650 ish inc vat.

So less then that ideally, the kit would need to come with bearings, any fittings etc in my eyes and would the h/brake work with the standard mini h/brake cable?

[Jammy]

If you're planning to sell these as kits you might want to use the correct spelling of convertion (conversion).

If I was looking at buying a kit I probably wouldn't spend more than about £200-250. That's generally how much front brake calipers are now, and you could get alloy rear hubs, Minifins and new brake shoes for less than that and lose a lot of weight in doing so.

I guess you're looking at a 1 or 2 pot bike or cart caliper, and then also the Wilwood handbrake caliper? I have to say unless you're planning on building a specific caliper for this conversion I doubt you're going to acheive a setup that gives you both the lightest setup on the market (the only real point to this conversion) and a setup that will fit under 10" wheels.

[01smartc]

Well, as I havnt looked into the caliper's fully yet I couldnt say weather it would be lighter or fit under 10" wheels yet.

I dont think the whole point is lightness.. I think its a very large part of it but I also think this looks great and adds some bling! lol

After all most things you do to a mini are to make it look good!

I will do some research and draw up a kit price

[SamOzzie]

I wouldnt say lightness is the main factor either to be honest.
id buy them because they are nice strong billet hubs with the extra peice of mind that you have disks on the back
plus they look awesome mate well done!