Date:         Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:54:27 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Rear disks in a Vanagon
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>I've been playing around with the idea of putting disks on the rear of the
>van.  I haven't heard of anybody doing this, any thoughts from the list?
>Dave K.

Hansen Motorsport in der Vaterland makes kits to fit various brakes to the
T3. I will eventually be buying their kit to fit front discs/calipers from
a Porsche 993, or custom brakes to fit my 16" CLK wheels. These brakes will
be killer ones, capable of stopping ultraquick (hope it doesn't do
front-wheelies!).

Hansen is currently working on a rear-disc kit too.

e-mail Jens Hansen <jens.hansen@hansen-motorsport.de>

website <www.hansen-motorsport.de>

The front-disc kit is DM1300; buy the calipers and rotors (full set of
front AND rear) for $1000 or less from a US wrecker. Only the 993 discs fit
the VW stud-pattern, but custom kits are available with any stud-pattern
and offset.

Oettinger's 4-wheel-disc kit is only rated by the TUV for about 180kmh.
They are also utilitarian-ugly, whereas the Hansen ones are the sort you
want wheels with big holes in to see them through!

I can forward jpegs of Hansen's and Oettinger's kits to anyone who is
interested.

The Australian rear-disc kit (made for T2 and T3 vans) I am told is so
flimsy it  sounds outright dangerous; the caliper carrier is so weak it may
twist and jam the brakes on.



Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
ph   64 (3) 473-8863
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
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