piazza brakes

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

ok 1st thing is i have searched and looked at the post's
in the rnd forum but i am yet to see a straight answer
from some one who has done this conversion
do the piazza discs bolt straight on
or do they need modification
i only want to know from people who have done this conversion not form my cousin habib told me
that it's easy
cheers zzz

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2003 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: piazza brakes

hey nic, PM CA18escort on performanceforums, he HAS done it.
cheers gene
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TurboGem · tinkerer Joined: 31 May 2002 Posts: 87

Hey Gene,
Or I can just reply here how about that Surprised

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As Gene said I have done this conversion what I did was change the complete stub axle over instead of just the disk and caliper. If you do this though you will have to change the tie rods over because the taper in the ball joint is different. The only other thing that I have noticed is that the std master cylinder really isn't big enough because when you put the brakes on the pedal has a lot of travel I am in the process of trying to find a bigger master cylinder to do the job. apart from that they work really well and it only took me about 3 hours to do it. If you have any more questions just email me.

Cheers
Paul

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

thanks for the help nice to see hot gemini is still good
for some info this helps alot

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

thanks for the help nice to see hot gemini is still good
for some info this helps alot

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2003 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: piazza brakes

yeah but wheres the fun in that? lol

ford (xf ??) master cylinder works, I HAVE BEEN TOLD lol
ring the gemi shop i think he was the one who told me.
gene
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elky · petrol head Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 1149

i have done this conversion on my coupe, using the complete piazza stub axle and tie rods ( the piazza tie rods seem to have less adjustability cause they are longer) easy as no mods needed. the car isn't ready for the road so i can't say what the pedal height is, but the president's coupe has the same set up and i can say it was a big improvement for what is involved.
cheers