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[neglectedtorana]

Hi All,

 

Just doing some Torana brake googling and tis popped up, new to me.

 

https://www.whichcar...oppers-stoppers

[neglectedtorana]

And some more kits I wasn't aware of, the Baer site has extended ball joints too

 

https://www.infinity...a-brake-upgrade

 

https://www.candmeng...om.au/hr-torana

 

 

[dattoman]

Always been a market for it

Just most Torana owners are tight arses

 

https://vari.com.au/...rake-kits-gt-s/

[neglectedtorana]

I had seen the Vari site before but only just now read that they actually make their own calipers in QLD,

[Lima31]

And some more kits I wasn't aware of, the Baer site has extended ball joints too

https://www.infinity...a-brake-upgrade

https://www.candmeng...om.au/hr-torana

The infinity kits seem to list the AP 5200 calipers, good calipers but i thought they stopped making them. Replaced with the forged 9200s.

[dattoman]

Don't tell them the left hand caliper actually a right hand

And I don't like those tall balljoints

[claysummers]

Lowering springs as opposed to drop spindle has the same effect as lowering inner pivot or raising outer in any case.

early Holden nut

[mitchg]

Always been a market for it

Just most Torana owners are tight arses

 

https://vari.com.au/...rake-kits-gt-s/

 

Hadn't seen these before. They look loads better than hoppers or wilwoods. Would you recommend them Neil? As long as they fit behind my convo's I'd spend the money. 

[dattoman]

I haven't seen them yet

A local here is having issues with his brakes and this is what's fitted

I spoke to the manufacturer about it all last week

I'm hoping to get a look at the car and see how its all set up soon

[Toranamat69]

Those vari brakes look very interesting.

I'm getting close to dropping coin on brakes fairly soon. They are not too far from me either.

[neglectedtorana]

Neil, what calipers would you use if making your own brake kit?
Would you try to match front and rear calipers like a set of Brembos like these below or just some good fronts and rears not critical?

Cheers, Tom

https://www.ebay.com...redirect=mobile

[dattoman]

Tom...Big wheels and weird offsets required for those

 

 

Lenny

The Vari man seemed like he knew what he was doing...not with kits...but with making calipers

Might pay to take a look

He also makes a 4 pot....and rears

 

The calipers we used for his car are  our 616 SHV  calipers. ( 6 pots )

 

The rotor size is 330 diameter x 32 thick.

The piston sizes are the following :     35mm  diameter pistons (  2 of )      32mm diameter pistons  ( 4 of ) This is for one caliper .

The pad compound is a street compound.  

[lakeside]

Always been a market for it

Just most Torana owners are tight arses

 

https://vari.com.au/...rake-kits-gt-s/

lots of money spent everywhere but never brakes. When I think about all the Torana pictures posted everywhere there is few to none cars with quality big callipers. 

[L31 Hatch]

Wanting to revive this post and see what the latest is on these options.

I'm currently looking for an upgrade and wanting to hear what peoples thoughts are currently?

Thanks