480 turbo caliper differences

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cranna21
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480 turbo caliper differences

Post by cranna21 » Sun May 29, 2016 6:23 pm

Hi folks, does anyone know if there are any age differences between turbo front calipers? Looking to do a conversion on my es but I notice that brand new calipers are listed differently on eBay? You can buy ones to suit 87-96 or 91-96? Any difference?
'91 480 ES 2.0l 16v 'Williams' Conversion - 212bhp/230nm
'90 940 GL 2.0l Estate
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Re: 480 turbo caliper differences

Post by POE » Sun May 29, 2016 9:44 pm

the early models had solid discs and vented for the later ones and caliper size larger for vented if I'm correct
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Re: 480 turbo caliper differences

Post by cranna21 » Sun May 29, 2016 10:55 pm

OK cool, I'm looking upgrade my solids to vented so I'll go for the later ones
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Re: 480 turbo caliper differences

Post by kissato » Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:43 am

FYI if you still have the 14' stock wheels you will need spacers to fit the vent discs with those.

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Re: 480 turbo caliper differences

Post by Alan 480 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:10 pm

kissato wrote:FYI if you still have the 14' stock wheels you will need spacers to fit the vent discs with those.
ah but the wheels on the car are a wee bitty 'bling' :wink: :wink:
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