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 Lucas/Girling calipers and carriers
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huwwatkins
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:19 am

Looking for some girling calipers and carriers suitable for a 1.4


Cheers

Huw
jjcymru
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:40 pm

solid disc type?
huwwatkins
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:03 pm

After the vented disc type.

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Chris H
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:50 pm

well they are not suitable for a 1.4 then are they? Only the td, rsi and 16V have vented discs.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:00 am

Ah, sorry, didn't know that. I've got a set of vented TD discs I was gonna put on. I take it the discs are the same on the 1.4 regardless of the caliper?
jjcymru
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:31 pm

nope, disc thickness is larger on a vented application.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:50 am

yes the discs are the same on the 1.4's regardless if its a girling or bendix.
huwwatkins
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:36 am

Right, so if i want to use the TD discs, I need some lucas calipers off either a 1.9TD or a 1.8 8v?
Chris H
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:32 am

yes or a 5gtt
schakal
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:13 am

its so funny how the calipers on my 1.8 8v are girlings than innit Laughing
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:28 am

schakal as always wtf are you going on about now.
schakal
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:18 am

NEVER MIND
huwwatkins
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:39 pm

He showed me a pic, they looked like lucas, but he took them off and they said girling on the back Razz
Neal
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:45 pm

Lucas and Girling are the same thing.
schakal
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:09 pm

are they ?
there you go huw
huwwatkins
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Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:24 pm

A fuck , yes they are, did a simonds and had a brain fart!
JB
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 12:33 pm

lol
Lunner
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Joined: 18 May 2005
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Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 12:59 pm

Got access to some calipers off a 1.8 8v Clio, they are vented 139mm discs, same set-up as the R5 GTT IIRC
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