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Ah right, that explains it. The PMS kit is designed to accommodate their 285mm x 26mm 2 piece kit and with that on the TD 1.2s won’t even go near without a substantial spacer. Spacers make my car drive like s**t so wasn’t prepared to entertain that or start grinding brand new calipers. Lol
So...
I bought a set when my Brembos went on and Alex at AWM went to offer them up to my car. With the PMS 285x26 kit they wouldn’t go near. Wanted minimum of a 15mm spacer.
The solution always looks so simple and straightforward. The route getting there is often far from straight however. Great job fella.
Instal looks clean. 🙂
I'd read about Camcoat but not seen their work personally. I had my up/downpipes built in inconel and had them coated by Zircotec, which at the time was pretty state of the art. Ive seen the Thermomet stuff and its beautiful, but as you say, bloody expensive. Your other trick to use is double...
If you haven't already i can highly recommend getting blankets for both the turbocharger and the pair of gates, Zircotec coating, heat shielding and Nomex/Firesleeve covering fluid lines is pretty much the only way to do it properly. 99% of any turbocharged build is proper heat management, im...
Right wheels!!!
I’ve managed to hopefully make this much simpler for all, @Brigsy @Iranian Pudding
Anyone wanting a set can call up Russ at Motorsport Tools and mention my name and get 5% off a set of X3MAs and half price delivery delivered to your door.
The catch…
It’s only a valid offer...
Right so I’ve got back from MST and the most they can offer me is 5%. Which isn’t a great deal, but if I’m buying them any way, money off is money off.
As it stands;
MST are £681 a set (£720 delivered)
Ktec are £703 a set plus delivery
Rally nuts are £942 a set plus delivery
With 5% off from...
Yes good bite from cold and work well. They don’t have that ultimate hard stopping that the metallic pads do as you say they’re an endurance compound, but they don’t destroy wheels and are very linear in use.
Shame you’re not local mate as you would be more than welcome to try mine for feel...
I’m using Pagid RS2 now as they’re organic so you don’t get the wear and metallic fallout from the carbon metallic pads. Massive bite, constant feel and low wear.
The down side is the cost at near £300 a set but if offset that with the fact I’m not buying them as often. They’re silent all the...
@Brigsy Isn’t the pad area smaller on the Wilwoods compared to the Brembo? Also do you get the same pad options with the Wilwood as I always imagined they would be quite limited?
Not much to update, but i decided on the weekend to sell my Turinis. Took some pics, put them up for sale and less than 24 hours later they had been paid for and gone. (GULP - what have I done!???)
I’m pretty much set on another set of X3MAs as there really isn’t anything else that fits or...
I imagine the shorter chassis with all the group a / WRC bits on with active diffs and all the trimmings probably worked to a degree, although it was never the dominating car in competition it was supposed to be. As a road car the shorter chassis just felt horrid to me and many other Ford folk i...
I dont hate it, its just crap to drive. Slow, doesnt handle, crap build quality, chassis didnt work as it was too short, the sierra was significantly better.
Just a hugely overrated car. I get that its cool to look at and ive always been a Ford fanboy, hell ive worked for them for the last 23...
Agreed, 22B is nothing special but the Escort Cosworth is way shitter, it wouldnt see which way a 22b went!
Doing so would mean you'd have to drive the Escort and that's a disappointment you really don't want.
Bolt one to the wall and look at it, best thing for it. :D
Haha. I remember turning these down left right and centre at £25k. Didn’t want one then and don’t want it now. Fair play to anyone who has one that’s now £150k up. 😅👌🏼