Brake Boosters

[GoLfMan]

that camira thing sounds great... itd be cheap parts too and greater stopping power

[Golf Loon]

Camira Calipers sounds good, cheap option and all that. Makes sense too, as it is really an Opel and so has the German Link. Plus there had to be something good to come off a Camira!

[finemk1]

We must be careful when cutting & pasting brake parts, as I am sure that none of it would ever get passed by an engineer

that true, and what if it snaps surely u wouldnt want to see your dub flying up over a gutter or reacing for the handbrake, very important bit, or just cover the exposed bit of the booster box mount with a shiny bit of metal, surly no one will ever know.....

or could cut it then get a tread tool and make a new thread good as new.

[GoLfMan]

Camira Calipers sounds good, cheap option and all that. Makes sense too, as it is really an Opel and so has the German Link. Plus there had to be something good to come off a Camira!

take the front and back calipers and buy discs that bolt straight onto a mk1 at the back?? would that work... there has to be lots of wrecked camiras out there

[silva1]

mk1 brakes

i don't know about the rear, but ht efront camera is an easey mod

the camera caliper is made by girlock & made in australia

you will have to redrill the holes in the hub from 10 to 12 mm, but that is it


if you go any more than a 9 inch diameter booster it is rumored that it can foul the geat linkage

[pepperwhite]

i got a set in bris for $20 from memory. ..brake pads look pretty good.

they are camira rotors with the centres machined out to match golf size. havent trial fitted it all yet but i geustimate it will work.

i didnt have to drill out the stud holes.

this statesman booster ideas sounds promising....



yeh, JE camira callipers and the rubber brake line looks like a match too

[worm]

Well I thought I would try the cheap route and get some camira calipers.
Cost me 20 bucks from a wrecker. I think they are JD calipers, from about a 85 - 87 camira. The pads are double the size of the mk1 pads
The caliper fits on, but hits the splash guard (bend/cut it so it fits). The mounting holes for the caliper are bigger (possibly 12mm) so you can either drill out the hub hole to fit bigger bolts or get a spacer made up to fit in the larger caliper holes.

The problem I have is the disc is way to narrow. I doubt the pads would even touch the disc under full braking The pads may be a little worn. but they are a fair bit off... i doubt new ones would touch the disc.

So, im guessing that mk1 gti discs are vented? which would make them thicker, hence the pads would touch.
So do camira calipers only fit mk1 GTI discs or is there a way of making them fit a stnd mk1?

cheers
Lee

[gtimk5]

mk1 Gti discs are vented. I fitted a T3 transporter booster to my Mk1 racecar with a 22m/m master cyl. However we fitted a Mk3 booster & master cylinder to a Mk1 with a bit of mucking around and that was perfect.

[aliasmk2]

camira calipers

ye i think that they would be to thin, i only had the vented discs on with those calipers
i changed from the non vented when i put the camira calipers on
next you will want to do the booster, you can get a 9' booster that will fit on with no mods needed, from a late model mk1 cabrio
regards ian

[Golf Loon]

You can buy Mk1 GTI disks new, or use mk1, 2 or 3 vented disks or seat, or early audi 80, pre 1986.

[worm]

You can buy Mk1 GTI disks new, or use mk1, 2 or 3 vented disks or seat, or early audi 80, pre 1986.

Wow... I saw mk2 vented discs in the DBA catalogue but thought they wouldnt fit unless you had different hubs ... Ill def fit the camira calipers soonish and post the outcome