Project Happy Daze

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:26 am

is that a straight swap do you know gav? I have heard this a few times but not heard from anyone who has actually done it!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:24 am

oh you star, can i see what the brackets look like? All things possible now!

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:29 am

@ ISTOO: are they going to be necessary? Similar brake set up on the S2 running 230+ bhp; 20v is likely to be pushing 200bhp; and upgrade on pads will probably suffice for "normal" driving - even spirited...

You could spend as much on brake upgrades as it cost for the car Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:10 am

The EBC green stuff pads are good enough for my coupe. Wink

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:40 am

@ ISTOO: are they going to be necessary? Similar brake set up on the S2 running 230+ bhp; 20v is likely to be pushing 200bhp; and upgrade on pads will probably suffice for "normal" driving - even spirited...

You could spend as much on brake upgrades as it cost for the car Rolling Eyes

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:52 pm

Cheers Gav Very Happy

I'll look up the disc dimensions tonight on the Brembo site Smile

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:57 pm

Focus RS CQQ20V V6

Diameter 324mm 276mm 280mm
Thickness 28mm 25mm 22mm
Height 52.7mm 56.2mm 56.2mm
Centre 63.6mm 68mm 68mm

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As said, the brakes on the 90q 20v are more than adequate.

Even track work at the Nurburgring didn't stress them too much.

Decent fluid and grooved discs were the only change

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:26 pm

That's another alternative - Those Tarox discs I got off you were good.

I just liked the feel of the Porsche 4 pots!

Lost my favourite brake fluid now too that LSUK has closed Sad

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:27 pm

i did mallory park track in my s2 with brembo brakes and ebc green stuff pads and they were ok not brilliant but it was a hot day and it was track work so i reckon owen could easily get away with them.

on another note what about an audi tt setup? ive heard of them sure there around the 300 mark but no 4 pot calipers so i would imagine its a lot cheaper upgrade. Question

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:17 am

The G60's with Pagid fast road pads and Lucas DOT 5.1 were Ok on the CQ20V, even on track. It's just a personal thing and I liked the firm pedal when I had the 4 pots on the S2 - very reassuring. Very Happy

As with most things, will see how it goes.

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:12 pm

Bit of shameless advertising but is this any good to you owen? - LINK

Nice project by the way, looking forward to seeing it develop.

Jim

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:30 pm

Cheers Jim, that does look nice. However, I already have one sorted.

Thanks anyway Wink

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:39 pm

No worries, thanks for your reply Very Happy

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:48 pm

If you want to use the porshe callipers you could re drill a set of 314 a8 discs and use a set of carriers to match (£110 for the carriers) or do you want a bolt on disc with no machining each time? Other thing would be how much space is there inside the 16" competition wheels as the porsche/314 setup clears the 16" avus wheels but not the earlier 3b 16s.

I found the g60s good in general, however if you drove like a loony you could wipe them out very quickly and would have to wait a bit for them to cool again, however that is not normal road driving.

Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 12:50 pm

I had 993 calipers on the S2 with Avus and they were OK. Good point about the competition wheels though, as you say, may not give enough clearance.

I don't want to redrill discs as would be worried about weakening them. I will most likely use G60's but may look for grooved discs with some better pads. Will need to find a replacement for Lucas DOT 5.1 though.

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:06 pm

Update:

Insurance is all sorted now with Sky (Cheers Hibby) and the car's been SORN'd (MOT and Tax out end of Feb).

However, spoke to Nog this week and things are progressing. Have not asked for a time for completion as I don't want one - it will be done when it's done and will be well worth any wait! Very Happy

If anyone would like to donate some kleenex then I would be grateful coz I think I'll need it when I get this baby! Laughing

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 12:29 am

[quote="cq20v"]Update:

If anyone would like to donate some kleenex then I would be grateful coz I think I'll need it when I get this baby! Laughing

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you got a runny nose then Owen lol

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:38 am

LOL - Just got rid of one funnily enough!

Spoke to Nog last week so all being well work will now have started. However, not asked for a deadline as I know how busy Nog and Megsy are so it will be done when it's done.

Still, hard not to get excited about have quattro and 5 pot tunes again! Very Happy

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:19 pm

Update on this - the work is complete (with a few extras) and the car is MOT'd and taxed. Will be collecting this weekend.

Not been this excited about a car in ages.

Thanks hugely to Nogin , Megsy and Al, it's mechanically sorted.

Massive thanks to to Dylan (engine etc.) and Al (V6) for helping with the sale.

Happy Daze are nearly here! Very Happy

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:34 pm

Good result Owen Wink

I look forward to the weekends updates!

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:32 am

Wahay!
Looking forward to pics, soundtrack etc. Very Happy

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:52 pm

Me too. Looking forward to seeing her finished (although we know they are never finished, always something to tinker with Wink

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you'll be like a big kid wi a new toy owen Very Happy

just remember and not get carried away on the way home and wrap it!

Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:04 pm

Wise words indeed Chris - I will have to remember that it will have significantly more grunt than Project Titan.

Guess I'll just have to drive it more till I get used to it Very Happy

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:30 pm

What a day - Up at 5:30 and away with my wife kindly driving me down to collect my new steed.

Greeted by Nog who went over the car showing me what had been done - I was pretty much speechless by this point Very Happy

Sue then arrived and made some of her excellent stew - Thank you - that really is top notch that! Wink

Bez and Megsy then arrived and what was a two hour visit turned to about 5 hrs Laughing

A quick blast to the fuel station with Nog at the wheel and the goosebumps haven't gone down yet.

Return to Nogsport for a quick brew then we headed back - 270 absolutely enjoyable miles. Car did 230 miles to half a tank too which I was impressed with.

Took a few pics and a bit of video footage (more for the sound) but they will have to wait till tomorrow as knackered now.

I cannot thank Eric, Chris and Allan enough - it's a first class job and only those in the know would tell it wasn't OEM.

Happy Daze are here for sure!! Very Happy

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:40 pm

All sounding good - so don't leave it too long before we see the pics and hear the five-pot soundtrack Wink

Nice one Owen - and to the team that did the transplant. Bring it on! Cool

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Woohoo nice one Owen, can't wait to see what the lads have done!

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:22 pm

Well, essentially it has gone from this

to this

What is also so pleasing is the additional work that the boys had to do such as

Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:55 pm

Why go to all this effort?

Well, for this sound track!

LISTEN