[DeTomaso] Volvo 240 Caliper/Brembo bolt-on upgrade

[Thomas Borcich]

I'm confused by your post Tomas...you mention that the adapter moves the caliper into the right area to fit the rotor correctly. Then you say "To fit this setup to a Pantera spindle requires rotors with much shallower hat sections"...I assume that you are saying either one or the other?  

Since the 240 caliper was a direct bolt on and someone came up with the adapter for the Brembo's that they did the adapter because it is a "radial bolt on" caliper with the bolt going through the caliper vertically, not the direct bolt on that has the bolt going through the caliper horizontally like the stock Volvo 240 caliper/Pantera Girling caliper? 

Does any one know the bolt pattern for a Pantera wheel? I have been looking at rotors and have never figured out which hat/rotor would fit the bolt pattern of a Pantera.

Tom Borcich
#4382
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tomas Gunnarsson<mailto:guson at home.se> 
  To: Thomas Borcich<mailto:Tborcich at msn.com> ; detomaso at realbig.com<mailto:detomaso at realbig.com> 
  Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Volvo 240 Caliper/Brembo bolt-on upgrade


  Note that the adapters will move the R calipers into the area where the stock Pantera rotor resides. To fit this setup to a Pantera spindle requires rotors with much shallower hat sections. And 17" wheels of course.

  Tomas

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Thomas Borcich" <Tborcich at msn.com<mailto:Tborcich at msn.com>>
  To: "Pantera detomaso realbig forum" <detomaso at realbig.com<mailto:detomaso at realbig.com>>; <detomaso at realbig.com<mailto:detomaso at realbig.com>>
  Sent: den 3 mars 2007 17:45
  Subject: [DeTomaso] Volvo 240 Caliper/Brembo bolt-on upgrade


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  > FYI...all the posts on the Volvo 240 brake calipers led me to find a page that shows an upgrade from the 240 caliper directly to the VR70R caliper which is a Brembo caliper (requiring an adapter which can be purchased) with 13" rotors....NEW Brembo calipers $200+/-(without core add $40), rotors $105, pads for $60...plus the pads will be around for quite some time because they fit a Volvo VR70R.
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  > Scroll down the page and there are some very good pictures and descriptions of this brake swap. The project actually looks quite doable and simple.
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  > http://personal.linkline.com/dbarton/volvo240bigbrakes.html<http://personal.linkline.com/dbarton/volvo240bigbrakes.html<http://personal.linkline.com/dbarton/volvo240bigbrakes.html%3Chttp://personal.linkline.com/dbarton/volvo240bigbrakes.html>>
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  > Best regards,
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  > Tom Borcich
  > #4382
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