I wanted bigger brakes than Cortina, and less weight.
I wanted readily available and inexpensive disks.
Engineers like the fact that front and rear brakes come from the same donor car.
I also thought this was not a bad idea, so kept with Pintara stuff.
The Pintara callipers are cast alloy and very light.
Pintara 1990 R31 Disk Rotors and Callipers over TE Stubs.
Cortina Stubs
Commodore Bearings
Pintara Oil Seal
Pintara Disks Machined Down to 243mm OD.
Calliper will bolt onto the opposite side of the upright so
flats were machined on the front side of the mounting holes.
Clearance holes need to be drilled out of the threads in the
stub axles themselves.
It all fits. yeee ha!!!!!!
Small spacers are
required between the calliper and the stub axle. Washers will work OK
Approximately 3mm thick
Piston 52 MM OD
including dirt.
Brake line bracket welded in place. Mounted at the
front and rear. I'm also starting to play with the front steering
rack.
Feet Brakes are in. I'm thinking at this stage of
using a push rod system for the clutch with a bell crank. No
hydraulics. We will see.
Reassembly of the balance mechanism. I put extra washers either
side of the bell cranks to line them up better with the push to the
master-cylinders.
Running the Front brake lines. You can see the
mechanical clutch here as well. The bolt and nut in the for ground is
a limiter to stop the slack movement of the clutch pedal. This is to
ensure the clutch and brake pedals are always at the same height off the
fire wall.
