58 replies to this topic

[Jordie]

you can....its been done. Read that topic im sure its all mentioned and photo graphed in there.

Most people go banjo because you dont get the S shape hose and you have a little more flexibility to tweak the hose location by moving the banjo side to side for example.

[shorty]

hmmm ill have to look into that abit more then

[Jordie]

heres a picture of a banjo hose fitted.

and also my l33t paint skillz trying to show how the hoses would look using a standard fitting or modified caliper/banjo.

Jordie

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[shorty]

ahhh
aint it amazing how much simpler paint can make things look lol
that has made me understand it alot better

[cookie4343]

Heads up for people on hear wanting to do this conversion, cheap calipers here http://www.theminifo...howtopic=142544

Im nearly finished my build, ive orderd these calipers and only need hoses and pads and then will be used on my 1977 clubman.

[paul6266]

i did this conversion, but i bought all new bits when i did mine and i know what you mean with the banjo bolt i used a areoquip hose with new fixings on and i couldnt work out what it was till i changed for the braided style, cheap 10" conversion and i would recomend it to anyone

[jwb_moto]

just a quick point to make people aware of. If you use mk1 fezzy calipers that have the same hose thread as the mini, where as the mk2 caliper is metric.

when i was gathering bits to do this conversion (before i got a minisport ally 4 pot kit) i was going to get my hoses made up by a company called llama4x4 if you google them it should bring the company up.

By waiting for bargains for the main bulk of things it can be done for £100.

i paid £20 for a pair of >84 disc type hubs,

£5 fo some metro flanges (which i got machined down where i was working.

£16 for 2 sets of mk1 fezzy calipers. (i sold one set which i shot blast cleaned for £35)

llama4x4 quoted me about £35 for hoses and then all that was left to get was discs and pads.

[cookie4343]

In need of some brake caliper anti rattle springs, if anyone has some im willing to pay or does any one have a link to some.

[The Green Mini]

Hi peeps

I have just got back from my shed after an evaning of fitting the caliper conversion and thought i shuld share my new found knowledge.

Many have had hoses made up, I due to the lack of local firms in holland willing to make hoses have taken a different route and drilled the casting of the caliper and then taped the hole to 3/8 24 UNF (standard mini brake hose thred) the way this now looks is identical to an original 8.4 disc setup the brake hose just screws into the caliper as normal.

However this has not been don before and thus YOU do tha same at YOUR OWN RISK!!! only time will tell if this setup works & is safe yet I am confidant that this setup is safe and wil not cause greef.

before drilling i mesured a good 11 mm of thiknes on the caliper wall and recond this to be more than sufficiant to hold the brake hose in place. evan after milling the rear of the caliper to get a good face for the copper washer to sit the thikness of the caliper wall was still a good 7,5 mm thik.

My specs

mini 1983 was running 12"wheels and 8.4 discs of a 1991 mini and servo assisted

my fiesta calipers are of a MK2

flanges of an 89(ish) metro with vented discs (lugs cut off and ground flat with angle grinder )

Hubs drilled under a static bench drill

brake hoses standard 8.4 disc type.

now running 10x5 ATS alloy wheels with falkan 165/70-10 tyres

Just thought i would share this info, will update once I have put some miles on the brakes.

Remember By all means go the same route with your hose setup but make shure you do a good job and do not hold me responsible.

The stopping power is certanly better the the old setup even thou the pasd and discs still need to bed in.

If enybody had concerns about drilling the calliper please do comment!

Cheer, Andrew

Good luck

[trafficface09]

did this turn out to be safe?

oh and on a separate note, can callipers be painted with non specialist calliper paint, my mark 2 fezzys are zink coated but i wouldn't mind if they where yellow to make them just that bit better at stopping the car ahaha

[Pooky]

The fact that it is so easy to get the hoses made in this country (I just purchased the required parts from Rally Design and added a note on the end of the order asking if they would be kind enough to assemble them for me and they did ) would put me off retapping the calipers. Especially doing it myself. Perhaps getting an engineering shop to do this might prove cheaper than my method.

I'll be assembling my setup in the near future. Once I've got my calipers back from Bigg Red Bling!

[adam_93rio]

im really looking into doing this conversion on my mini now, how well do the fiesta callipers stop you in comparison to the 8.4 inch setup

[tommy13]

Hi peeps

I have just got back from my shed after an evaning of fitting the caliper conversion and thought i shuld share my new found knowledge.

Many have had hoses made up, I due to the lack of local firms in holland willing to make hoses have taken a different route and drilled the casting of the caliper and then taped the hole to 3/8 24 UNF (standard mini brake hose thred) the way this now looks is identical to an original 8.4 disc setup the brake hose just screws into the caliper as normal.

However this has not been don before and thus YOU do tha same at YOUR OWN RISK!!! only time will tell if this setup works & is safe yet I am confidant that this setup is safe and wil not cause greef.

before drilling i mesured a good 11 mm of thiknes on the caliper wall and recond this to be more than sufficiant to hold the brake hose in place. evan after milling the rear of the caliper to get a good face for the copper washer to sit the thikness of the caliper wall was still a good 7,5 mm thik.

My specs

mini 1983 was running 12"wheels and 8.4 discs of a 1991 mini and servo assisted

my fiesta calipers are of a MK2

flanges of an 89(ish) metro with vented discs (lugs cut off and ground flat with angle grinder )

Hubs drilled under a static bench drill

brake hoses standard 8.4 disc type.

now running 10x5 ATS alloy wheels with falkan 165/70-10 tyres

Just thought i would share this info, will update once I have put some miles on the brakes.

Remember By all means go the same route with your hose setup but make shure you do a good job and do not hold me responsible.

The stopping power is certanly better the the old setup even thou the pasd and discs still need to bed in.

If enybody had concerns about drilling the calliper please do comment!

Cheer, Andrew

Good luck

I too used the Mk2 fiesta callipers and considered drilling and tapping a central hole for the brake hose as you have done. This is an elegant solution but I didn't use it because there was not enough thickness of metal in my callipers. I can't remember how thick they are, but I would probably have been happy with 11mm.
There may therefore be slight differences in the castings and as The green mini has said, "Do this at your own risk" I would recommend anyone thinking of this to take accurate measurements with a vernier calliper or depth gauge to determine the wall thickness before any drilling.

[leaky]

I'v started to think about doing this to my mini. I went out in Prawns mini and the braking was insane. Mind you I have drums so it may be I'm just easily impressed lol. Anyway I want to put 10" steels on mine. Will they fit?

[backstreetclassics]

yeah they will fit over steels and i still have them bits 4sale jon im taking them 2 brooklands sunday