Brake Upgrade for Mk1 1.8 RSi

[NBJT-RSi]

Now then, I'm afraid I'm a Newbie so bear with me.

I have recently bought a P reg 1.8 RSi to strip out and use as a casual track day car. First of all I want to upgrade the front brakes, without spending a fortune preferably. Do any bigger cars brake set ups bolt on? ie Megane etc.
What is the most effective lowish cost solution?
Also are RSi's 8v or 16?

Cheers
Nathan

 

[mat-nos]

if the rsi is still on standard 14" wheels then your limited to just a disc and pad upgrade but if you get a set of 15" wheels off a 1.8 16v or williams then you can do a full front hub conversion so can use the bigger discs and calipers.
i would just do standard rsi rear disc/pad set up, 280mm front brembo hc discs, valver hubs, valver calipers and ferodo ds2500 pads, braided flexi lines all round and some performance dot 4 fluid!!
if you do the hub conversion you will also need some valver front shocks as the hub thicknes and bolt spacing is different to the rsi's!!

rsi is a 1.8 8valve engine!!

get on to clio16valver.co.uk for some cheap parts, may even be able to get a 1.8 16v mot failure for a few hundred quid and start swapping the engine/running gear over ;-)

im a bit of a mk1 geek so if you have any more questions, fire away...

 

[Winston]

Just swap the carriers for 1.8 16V / Williams and get the bigger 259mm discs... you don't even have to bleed the brakes:approve:

The hubs are the same between both models as are the calipers

Rsi = 239mm discs
16V = 259mm discs

The 16v set up will fit under the standard RSi wheels btw

Im more of geek Mat x

 

[mat-nos]

Im more of geek Mat x

this is true, i stand corrected sir winston, its been a while since ive played with a mk1 or r5 tbh but always thought they had different bolt spacing/hub thicknesses!!

still a good idea to get hold of a valver for bits...