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psycho sport
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   17th Dec 03 at 17:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
which conversion would you go for.
taking in to account costs and performance and anything else you can think of.
broster
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17th Dec 03 at 17:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
v6, look good and stop amazingly well, better than 2.0ltr ones!
lee mitchell
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17th Dec 03 at 17:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2.0 ltr better pedal feel
Kris TD
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i voted 2l for 2 reasons:

1. they are spongy enough, i hate to think what v6 ones are like

2. they stop quick enough, anymore braking power without abs and they would just lock up at all speeds.
psycho sport
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what do u mean about pedal feel? i heard v6 tend to feel spongey. but surely they ll stop better?
Kris TD
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at the end of the day, they stick 2l brakes on 156 bhp astras, and they stop them bloody quick. the v6 brakes arent really designed to be used without abs.
broster
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i have the v6, they stop well, and with the braided hoses have a better feel than the standard brakes, also iv not got abs, and as yet i havent loacked up and iv done some pretty agressive breaking on motorways in rain etc!
J100RSA
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17th Dec 03 at 18:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
v6 all the way soo much better than 16v calipers esp with rear disks
vibrio
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17th Dec 03 at 18:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2.0L. V6 caliper pistons are too big for any decent pedal feel with the corsa
corsa3.0v6
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17th Dec 03 at 19:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
V6 cos they last longer, cant get them to fade. 2.0l ones have just as good pedal but fade when given a hard time!!
craigpcg
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had v6 set uo= shit

had 2.0 set up= shit

300mm 4 pots all the way
broster
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17th Dec 03 at 20:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
2.0L. V6 caliper pistons are too big for any decent pedal feel with the corsa


have you driven a car with this set-up?
Mav 3000
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I locked my V6 brakes up for the first time last week - easier to do than standard brakes but that was expected. No spongyness t report - feel the same as the standard brakes- thats with braided hoses too.
purple_B
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17th Dec 03 at 21:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my v6 feel better than std dont feel spongy 2 me,i have abs
Adam_B
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2l for me, never driven one with v6 tho.
Daimo B
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18th Dec 03 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2.0 brakes with Greenstuffs and matching ebc discs stopped my mates old 1.6 sport on a penny. Fantastic setup, best brakes he's used also.

My V6, pedals ok ish now with rear discs, and they stop when i need them too. They do work well, and look great, but the 2.0 brakes with aftermarket pads n discs worked much better. My discs are plain all round though currently.
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18th Dec 03 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
2.0 setup is a fair bit cheaper!
stuyw
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i had greenstuff pads on mine, but thought they were crap
Daimo B
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They are poo when cold, i've not tried other pads, but on plain discs, its a vast improvement on teh standard vauxhall ones. Plus no dust
Gambit
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no dust but eat thru disks quicker!
drunkenfool
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What sort of price is the V6 conversion compared to the 2.0 then? My standard disks look tiny with 17s on, plus im saving for engine conversion and need to upgrade things before.
stuyw
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www.v-tuning.co.uk
Daimo B
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18th Dec 03 at 16:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
4 Stud plain discs with V6 calipers are around £200.

Standard 2.0 setup can be got for about £40 at a scrappy, + new discs and pads which can work out more expensive.

Gambit, they wear through discs quicker??? Ahh well, thats ok, give me an excusse to bin the plain discs for groved ones
boyracer2002
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=108688

 
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