q-rover Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Hardly a better/easier option though plus an Aluminum bracket to hold the caliper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Hahahahahahahahahaha Si tried one of these calipers when he was developing the X brake. IIRC it broke the very first time he tried it and it damn nearly ran him over!!!!!! They're find for kit cars etc but they're no where near strong enough for a disco!!! Matey will learn the hard way....... I have my own design disk handbrake on my series, which works very well, but my reason for this was that at the time i made mine, Si wasnt offering an X brake to fit a series transfer box. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 It's an interesting design - I guess Aluminium must be cheaper over there? It looks nice, but as John said, the first caliper I tried was the Wilwood. Although it's nicely made, it's just not strong enough for the job and broke in two when I pulled the lever! I send lots of calipers to people who want to make their own version - and try to support anyone who wants to have a go. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollythelw Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Im sticking with the X brake, it held petal on a cliff while I ran away to carp myself "deal with some nerve induced bowel movements" - very impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Strange train of thought. He did not like the look etc. of Si's purose built and tested solution.. sooo they chose to bodge a solution from parts NOT designed to work in that format??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGUE TROOPER Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Bluddy hell that over engineered!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troddenmasses Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Good luck to the bloke. Just like Si, he has identified what he thinks is a need for a product, and rather than sitting on his backside (like most of us, me included) has gone out and made something. If it works for him - great. If it doesn't, oh well, on to the next prototype for testing. I don't for one minute believe that the X-brake that is currently in production was the first one designed - the knowledge has to be gained the hard way. For me, that is the main reason that I was upset with scrapiron - the knowledge that they gained took no skill, effort or discipline to aquire - they just took it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 that looks awful, much prefer Si's X-brake, easy to fit & use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Blimey it's so over-engineered it looks like Nige made it Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Nige PS Why bother mucking about with Si XBrake - does exactlt what it says on the tin And those pics just look a bit of a bodged mess, but good luck to him Odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 My version: I did this during the original build of my hybrid, back in 2001. The caliper is an AP racing caliper of a jaguar XJ220 (it has jaguar racing cast into it). The disc is vauxhall Astra. If I had the option of buying it at the time, I would have gone for that. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic LRS Posted November 10, 2007 Share Posted November 10, 2007 It's an interesting design - I guess Aluminium must be cheaper over there?It looks nice, but as John said, the first caliper I tried was the Wilwood. Although it's nicely made, it's just not strong enough for the job and broke in two when I pulled the lever! I send lots of calipers to people who want to make their own version - and try to support anyone who wants to have a go. Si Thanks Si For at least being decent about this - i wasn't referring to your own design - ive never seen it but in fact the rip offs touted over here for $$$ - i haven't fitted it yet as my 87 classic i hauled to Canada with me is in paint then it gets its new galv'd disco frame and 4.6 then ill try and get this thing working lol first attempt ill probably break the caliper and ill be emailing you for one lol but to all the other procrastinators of doom and derision - rubbish at least i made my own and no it wasnt easy - you try dealing with a Romanian CNC guy that thinks everything he's told to make has to be capable of plowing a field of spuds.... Talking of spuds is there any way of getting Pie Chips and Gravy over to me - thats the only thing i miss about Home - not the crime nor the poky little ouses, we dont even lock our trucks here - you get shot trying :-) Cheers! Dom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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