Vented rear brakes

1. Nimix Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2015 Naestved, Denmark Posts: 281 ex-Blue 106 Rallye 1.6 '97 Black 106 Gti '99

   #1 6th August 2015, 21:37

   Just a thought, is it posible to adapt the rear calipers to fit vented discs on a vts?
2. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #2 6th August 2015, 23:52

   Not that I've ever seen. And there's no point - on a Saxo the rear brakes are basically just along for the ride. Even more so when fully stripped.

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3. Alfie09 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 579

   #3 7th August 2015, 20:57

   Yes you can
   
   Cituning used to do a spacer kit that fitted in between the caliper halfs and allowed you to use 306 s16 front disk on the rear as they are the same dismeter
   
   Don't think they would be hard to make up

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4. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #4 7th August 2015, 21:55

   Why in gods name...
5. Alfie09 Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 579

   #5 7th August 2015, 22:53

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Ross Why in gods name...

   Because people wanted to fit vented discs to the rear of there cars
   Lol
6. welshpug Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2010 South Wales Posts: 3078 ZX 16v, 205 GTI, 309 Goodwood, 405 MI16.

   #6 8th August 2015, 04:54

   s16 discs are 266mm, so wont have been those, and theres no halves to a rear caliper.
   
   a vented bendix pad carrier can be fitted from a front caliper and a 247mm disc used, not sure if there are other mods needed.
   
   pointless added weight really.
7. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #7 8th August 2015, 06:00

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by welshpug s16 discs are 266mm, so wont have been those, and theres no halves to a rear caliper. a vented bendix pad carrier can be fitted from a front caliper and a 247mm disc used, not sure if there are other mods needed. pointless added weight really.

   The front carrier from the older 205 vented setup i'm guessing. The offsets different though isn't it.
   
   
   Like you say, fairly pointless. The rears on the xantia get as much use and it weighs about 400 more, and they're only piddly pads too!
8. Nimix Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2015 Naestved, Denmark Posts: 281 ex-Blue 106 Rallye 1.6 '97 Black 106 Gti '99

   #8 8th August 2015, 10:01

   It seems it has been done before
   http://106owners.co.uk/forums/showth...daviewonder106
   
   I can't find the bracket from cituning so i guess they don't make them any longer
9. user_39461 Super Moderator Joined: Nov 2009 Cambridge(ish), UK. Posts: 10581 BMW 5x M50d.

   #9 8th August 2015, 22:03

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Nimix I can't find the bracket from cituning so i guess they don't make them any longer

   Probably because it's a shit idea!
10. user_15989 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 Posts: 4857

    #10 9th August 2015, 08:16

    Cars tend to run more front brake because under braking the weight is thrown forward and the rear wheels are unloaded. So the rear brakes do very little. If your doing a maxi rep with huge wheels and wish to fit bigger brakes for the look you may wish to consider skipping venting and just fit a larger solid disc.