AUII Tickford Brake conversion

[Perana]

OK, Dad is wanting to upgrade the brakes on his AUII XR. At the moment it has the standard 287mm discs. What is required to fit the 329mm Tickford style discs and calipers and what would be the cost. It has 17" wheels already so fitting inside the wheels is no problem.

I know there have been people that have done it but after searching for a while I can't find anything on it...

Cheers

[JC]

The calipers should just bolt up, and the discs should just slide on. Upright etc is the same between AU2 and 3, so there should be no issues. Not sure if the Premium system got a different brake booster or master cylinder though. I doubt it, but it's possible that they were different. Premium brakes also come with metal sleeves over the flexible brake lines (to help retain fluid pressure).

This won't be a cheap exercise - bank on something over the $1500 mark.

He would be far better off just putting DBA slotted rotors all round (approx $800 all up?) This will improve braking by about 5m for 100-0 braking test.

[Sylox]

The rear brakes are the same except for the rotors.

The Fronts are PBR Cobra calipers and they retail at around $350 - 400 each side If i remember correctly. Price DBA rotors for the new front rotors factory ones are crap and overpriced!

So you need
FRONT
PBR Cobra Twin spot calipers X2 for the front.
DBA 329mm slotted rotors (4000 or 5000 series) To suit Au premium brakes X 2.
Pads EBC Green are my choice but there other good brands $200 approx for fronts.
Brake lines for the Front calipers or get a adaptor made up where it fixes to the caliper.

REAR
DBA 289mm slotted rotors to suit Normal Au2 - 3 falcon for the rear
And brackets to mount the calipers.
Pads to match fronts.

John @ Cebco Brakes will sort you out. www.cebcobrakes.com.au

Heaps of us have been dealing with him lately and he offers OUTSTANDING customer service and absolute NO BS advice.

Have fun

[Perana]

Thanks guys will let him know whats involved

[LG]

You'll need the braket to mount the Premium Calipers up front. Other than that, Sylox pretty much covered it.

[EvilChief]

i did that eact conversion for an AU1 a year ago

for an AU2 you will need:
- Calipers (~$500 second hand)
- Brackets (inc with calipers)
- rotors - DBA 4x4 (~$750ea)
- pads - kingmetals (~$150)
- bolts (inc with calipers)
recommend:
- braided lines - RDA approved (~$200)

for AU1 you also need the follwoing:
- strut upright
- lower control arm
- swaybar
- swaybar brackets
- brake lines

Good Luck
Mic

[blackers10]

how much would one expect to pay for all that suspension gear to switch AU1 up to AU2 spec front end?

[Lightning Strike GT]

Sylox and Evilchief have got it right

Converted mine from the standard AU2 to the AU3 TS50 set up about 2 months ago the longest thing about the exercise was bleeding and flushing the entire system 2 bottles of Castrol Super Response DOT4 fluid to come out clean, it was just a R & R for the brake system took all of a couple of hours to complete and I was not working constantly flat out either
The only thing I had to purchase was a set of front brake hoses as the stay for the line on the strut was different between the TS and the XR and it was not clipped in securely (XR had a bigger clip than the Koni suspension on the TS) and also the banjo connection at the back of the caliper was a different offset to the standard calipers and I had the lines custom made at about $75ea from a brake shop.

[EvilChief]

- strut upright $350
- lower control arm $300
- swaybar $320 (whiteline adjustable)
- swaybar brackets $220 (new from ford)
- brake lines ~$200

[EvilChief]

piccies ... i will delete this pics soon as they clog up all my upload limit lol ... if someone wants a copy of a larger version of it or are already removed send me and email to SiefertM@gmx.net

[blackers10]

thanks evilchief definatly shows the difference!!

Hey evil chief, got any pics of the finished product from a side angle?

[EvilChief]

side angle?

Originally Posted by EvilChief

side angle?

I meant showing a bit more of the car...

[EvilChief]

http://www.pbase.com/evilchief