will do when i can link phone to pc.

the front ones are quite beefy, much more solid than i thought.

ride so far is good, the front is sitting a little high??? maybe it will settle down. du-now.

as for cornering........ god himself invented coilovers!!!!!!!!!!

still not over cooked a corner yet, and trust me i'v been trying!!!!!

right, i've finally got moving on the big brake conversion

here's the hub after a made a spacer ring for the brake disc

the outside diameter is 65mm which allows me to fit the corrado g60 280mm discs to the skoda hub

here's a quick pic to demonstrate the difference in size between the standard felicia disc and the 280mm disc

also standard disc is solid, and the 280mm discs is vented

Good work fella!

Do you have your own lathe?

Good work fella.

Do you own your own lathe?

Do you have your own lathe?

not anymore no, i popped in to see an ex-collegue of mine today and he let me use a lathe in his workshop for a few minutes:) ...

next step is to press it all together and fit the disc so i can measure it up for the caliper brackets:D

nice one they look soo much bigger

question,

Will you still have ABS (i dont think the corrado has ABS ) by changing the disks, or will you be leaving the sensor disk? :confused:

the abs sensor is actually on the back of the hub on the felicia so it would indeed be possible to retain the abs. but i'm going without abs on mine.... infact one of my hubs is from an abd model on one isn't

thanks TOM,

I might get some racing disks and pads for the corrado ( if i can )

and fit them to my felly,

nice one tom. isn't to much work really is it, just turn the spacer, and have a caliper mount laser cut.

thanks TOM,

I might get some racing disks and pads for the corrado ( if i can )

and fit them to my felly,

unfortunately it isn't quite as easy as that otherwise everybody would be doing it...

the corrado discs have a different offset, and they are thicker, plus you cant just bolt up the caliper because the carriers wont fit..

nice one tom. isn't to much work really is it, just turn the spacer, and have a caliper mount laser cut.

yeah i was thinking that, or possibly milling one from a billet.... i wonder if there's anybody local that will laser cut some brackets for me from an engineering drawing:)

if you take the drawing in DXF file format, it should be a peace of pi$$ and half the prise cuz theres no programing time required on there behalf.

reassembled the hubs/bearing carriers this morning

now the next job is to temporarily fit the brake disc and measure it all up so i can design the brackets for the brake caliper

the disc fitted

i've made all the necessary measurements now, i can now set about designing the brackets

If your Lathing is anything like you're spelling, i'd be worried:rofl:

lmao:rofl:

:eek: 7uck me tom thats a big disk :eek:

:eek: 7uck me tom thats a big disk :eek:

should fit nicely inside a 15" steel wheel;) ...

spent a little time today thinking about the the brackets which will hold the calipers on...

here's a screenshot from autocad...

will have them cnc machined methinks

what thickness is it? we can laser up to 8mm

it needs to be 17.6mm thick... you may notice that in the top is a dimension marked 129mm... these are two holes drilled in the top for the radial mounting calipers. all the holes are 8.5mm diameter which is the tapping size for a standard M10 thread....

if anybody on here can assist me in manufacturing these (from a supplied dxf file or whatever format you want) from aluminium please let me know

yer saw the 129 dim but couldnt see any hidden detail (yes i'm in a picky mood). what caliper is this to mount? i've got a set of corrado ones for my convertion. all i need now is the disks.

18mm thick is getting pretty thick for most laser cutting, and plasma will give a pretty crappy edge finish. I would guess that machining from block would be the best option. You will need to machine all 4 holes anyway.

Good thread though, keep it up.

Oh, I can direct you to a free copy of Pro/Engineer solid modeling, if you fancy an upgrade from that 2D stuff:D

Great thread....keep it up.

Phil

tbh, lazer cutting wasn't what i was really expecting:D i was thinking more of milling this from a piece of plate

Oh, I can direct you to a free copy of Pro/Engineer solid modeling, if you fancy an upgrade from that 2D stuff:D

yep, this does the lot this one! it does 3d redering and all sorts of other **** which i dont know how to use:P

Cad is awesome. It simply needs the user to draw with 3 co-ordinates instead of 2. Come on Tom, its not that difficult! :P

well folks, here's the final design. i'm in the process of obtaining some quotes to have these made.... so if anybody else wants some... speak now