Felicia rear disc brake conversion

[TeflonTom]

yet again, this is a thing i've been planning to do for a while now, basically it's a case of finding something suitable and putting it all together

my initial thoughts are to use the rear stub axles/bearings/hubs/calipers from a 6n2 polo

[TeflonTom]

i'm lead to believe that the bolt pattern for the stub axles is the same as the felicia stub axles

[TeflonTom]

i've got a nice bare felicia rear axle to play with.... next job is up to the scrap yard tomorrow to see what i can find:D

[anewman]

It has been done with VW Passat bits over on this thread Board Message but I'm guessing that link won't work, so sign posts to thread are

http://www.skoda-forum.com/

SKODA FORUM: Technical Help & Advice->Guides & FAQ's

Currently 5th post "Rear disc conversion on a Favorit."

Edit: looks like guides and FAQ's are not available unless logged in.

Edited 16 September, 2008 by anewman

[rigsby]

Have a look on www.skoda-forum.com for a bloke called Ken. He has done a rear disc conversion on his favorit track car (and a lot more too). I think he used passat or golf parts

[TeflonTom]

thanks, for that guys, i'm keen not using golf stub axles because they have crap wheel bearing arrangements

Edited 29 September, 2008 by TeflonTom

[Skury]

My "version".... complet rear brakes from golf 2 GTI. You must modify brake wires.

[TeflonTom]

i see you have the hp coilovers too, very nice

edit: that's a pickup isn't it??

[Skury]

jj, my felicia fun. And rear HP coilovers are modified from coilovers for hatchback (HP don't made set for pickup) + custom springs. Rear is -60mm low.

[Phil-E]

Was that just a straight bolt-on swap then plus changing the brake pipes?

Looks good...

Phil

[TeflonTom]

yeah it is, i've just come back from the scrapyard and i had a look at a mk2 golf while i was there, couldn't get the brake calipers off though because the bolts were rounded off, will go back with some more tools and have another go later

[TeflonTom]

edit: changed my mind again:rolleyes:

Edited 29 September, 2008 by TeflonTom

[KenONeill]

You'll find that happens more and more with some newer cars, because it saves a few seconds when bolting things up in the factory.

That said, I know the Octys and Golf 4s use sealed hubs.

[anewman]

Out of interest... if you was going to do this to a Felicia with ABS, can you simply swap over the sensor wiring?

[Skury]

You must use GIII gti/corrado g60 brakes with ABS sensors...

[skodafelicia]

will it make much difference changine the back brakes in terms of stopping performance?

[BigW]

If you happen to come across a mk2 16v stub axle on your hunt give me a shout tom :P.

Other than that I have the complete setup in a box here

[TeflonTom]

You must use GIII gti/corrado g60 brakes with ABS sensors...

the polo has the abs sensor attached to the back of the hub rather than on the disc. plus the polo/lupo ones have the same wiring connector so you don't even need to change the plugs over:)

will it make much difference changine the back brakes in terms of stopping performance?

not a great deal no, but disc brakes are imho more reliable and don't tend to suffer from seizing up like drums do

If you happen to come across a mk2 16v stub axle on your hunt give me a shout tom :P.

Other than that I have the complete setup in a box here

is it a left or right one you are after?? they are different....

what set up have you got?? i will consider anything really:)

[Skury]

the polo has the abs sensor attached to the back of the hub rather than on the disc. plus the polo/lupo ones have the same wiring connector so you don't even need to change the plugs over:)

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for info.

[TeflonTom]

i know these aren't necessary but i've got some spacers to go behind the rear stub axles to widen the rear track width

[KenONeill]

Nice idea. Amongst other things, it'll avoid the brake pulsing issues and offset change issues associated with the "normal" spacers.

[pinkskud]

now theres a good idea. sod wheel spacers. have stub spacers instead.

out of intrest. how thick are they? and do you have the dimensions to hand;)

[Tech1e]

Its not a new idea, plus if you make them wider at the bottom you can dial in some negative camber.

[TeflonTom]

watch out if you are doing it on drums brakes though, the brake pipes might not be long enough

[TeflonTom]

out of intrest. how thick are they? and do you have the dimensions to hand;)

these are 5mm, i don't have the dimensions, i bought these off ebay, but i can reverse engineer it into an autocad drawing for you