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my 1000 disk brake upgrade
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having a go at the sigma caliper and disk upgrade pioneered by D. 1200 coupe hub, sigma disk and caliper and bracket, with all the holes in the bracket welded up and new holes drilled to suit the 1000. mild machining on the disk so the hub fits up and thats it! still not on the car but getting close...

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b310gx
Posted: 2008/1/25 4:09  Updated: 2008/1/25 4:09
No life (a.k.a. DattoMaster)
Joined: 2002/7/19
From: sydney australia
Posts: 1858
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
The 1200 coupe master cylinder will be enough. i had a 1200 with 120y struts with pretty much the same calipers & such, & i used exactly what you are going to use for a master cylinder, but you have to change the rear wheel cylinders to 11/16's or they will lock up & wear out. You could also get a 13/16 master cylinder from a sunny & use the rod from the original master cylinder to fit without the vaccum booster.

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LAGWAGON
Posted: 2008/1/7 11:01  Updated: 2008/1/7 11:01
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Joined: 2004/4/15
From: Melbourne Vic
Posts: 1664
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade


Nice cheap conversion, except new pads are costing me more than the new disks and calipers put together!

i ended up going down this road as the front wheel cylinders are leaking on my 1000 wagon and are now no longer available, costing a fair bit to get re-sleeved.

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beattie
Posted: 2008/1/7 11:48  Updated: 2008/1/7 11:48
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Joined: 2005/10/16
From: Perth WA
Posts: 2134
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
1000 front wheel cylinders NLA??? I dont beleive you! I got some not to long ago and they had no probs chasing them down.

Are you gonna upgrade master and all the rest while your at it? I wonder how this would compare to Neils setup

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LAGWAGON
Posted: 2008/1/7 11:56  Updated: 2008/1/7 11:56
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Joined: 2004/4/15
From: Melbourne Vic
Posts: 1664
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
yeah, apparently from a few different places i tried they are NLA. i'm putting on a 1200 coupe twin resevoir M/C. hopefully it brakes ok, i'm not expecting too much but it will be better than the drums!

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LAGWAGON
Posted: 2008/1/18 8:32  Updated: 2008/1/18 8:32
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From: Melbourne Vic
Posts: 1664
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
the braket is mounted and the disk and hub are in place, just going to give the calipers a spruce up and put in the new pads and she's done! also adding a 1200 dual master cylinder

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dattoman_1000
Posted: 2008/1/18 11:48  Updated: 2008/1/18 11:48
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Joined: 2002/8/11
From: Perth
Posts: 2691
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
Wheel cylinders are still avail

Anything that can be done to improve over drums is a bonus

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qik1000
Posted: 2008/1/18 22:31  Updated: 2008/1/18 22:31
Home away from home
Joined: 2005/1/12
From: Newcastle (NSW)
Posts: 536
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
Nice work! At first I thought I was looking at my race car setup. I use Jaguar rotors and girlock calipers. Very similar to your solid disk setup, except the jaguar is 265mm diameter. DBA sell the rotor as a blank and it's I.D. is 70mm (same as 1200 hub) so all you need do it drill the four holes. It seems theres no limit to the options of brake components!!!

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LAGWAGON
Posted: 2008/1/20 6:01  Updated: 2008/1/20 6:01
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Joined: 2004/4/15
From: Melbourne Vic
Posts: 1664
 Re: my 1000 disk brake upgrade
is that what you use on your track 1000 coupe? what pads and how does it stop?

my sigma conversion is completely mounted now, had to linish a little of the corner of the new pads for clearance. used the standard flexible brake line from the 1000 wagon.