Haven't done much for the Escort lately. #2 has just finished exams and as I was making all manner of brackets and things to fit R33 calipers to other cars thought I would have a go on the Escort. The coil over struts we are running are a rally strut used on Mk I and II Capris and uses the same lower links and mounting points as a standard Escort but with a bigger strut insert. Thus a cunning plan and some devious bracketry was needed.
So the cardboard template became a chopping board test piece:
Which I drew around and redrafted so it could be laser cut that became this:
which was drilled as needed and bolted on to do this:
Wont improve outright braking ability for a single stop but will let us run a bigger mastercylinder on the front and improve pedal feel and fade resistance. Have to strip the paint of this and the other side (horribly worserer, looks like 3mm of paint in places) and then remove the offensive N word. And a caliper rebuild kit.
While I was at it I had a go at fitting them to the XR4 too. The brakes as I modified them were fine for the track but not enough bite for the sprints. I can try different pads but the idea of some decent 4 pot calipers has that certain appeal:
Note the brake cooling duct!
Works really well until you try and put the wheel back on. Not enough offset in the rotor hat to clear the inside face of the wheel even with a temporary 6mm spacer (just). I bought a VE/VF SV6 cheapie front rotor and will redrill that tomorrow 4x108 and see if that helps. The SV6 rotor is 8mm more offset which is about as much as I can get away with and still clear the lca. If it is touch and go I can trial some spacers which will mean I need to crank some more negative camber... Not as hopeful of the outcome as I was with the Escort.
