As I see it, the only reason for changing stock brakes for road use would be to get rid of the booster or to take advantage of better parts availability. A...
Jeff; You wrote "au contrair", but I don't see anything in your post that contradicts anything in mine- what am I missing? I wrote that the Beta rears on the...
Bernice; I priced this stuff out (Ground Control) a while back and came up with: Coil-over conversion : (~$100 per corner) Koni Strut SA insert (~ $250 per...
... /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// it's a damn good thing the intake/exhaust are on different sides of ALL our engines...
Fellas, Has anyone, here in CA, who got a "Test Only" identifier with their registration, ever paid the fees but NOT got their car smogged by the due date? I...
at 2 AM this is what I read " IMO this is the worst swap ever. The Beta brake conversion is not for the rear brakes" The conversion says to use the rotor and a...
my friends can reach me via email or phone... Too many reasons to list for departure from the forum as there may be too many offended egos, but as of late I...
... Yes ... this happened with my Fiat Spider this year. It failed the first time at a test-only station, but I paid the registration fees anyway. Eventually...
Peter, Thanks for your input as this will be my plan of action. Also, Great seeing you up in Oregon! Now folks will be asking "Was Peter Cripps at Oregon 05...
Couple years back when I first got 1607, I got a 60, then a 30 day temporary plates by going in, paying my fees, and explaining that my car was old, and I was...
Ok, well I'm pretty sure in the Beta brakes conversion notes that I have (which is the same one sold by Ed AFAIK?), the Beta rear rotors (which are the same...
Given what Jeff said about greater swept area, better heat dissipation and better modulation (he said better controllability), could it be that this option...
Will, Why do you need a custom strut body if you're going Coil over conversion with Koni inserts? Doesn't the Koni insert mean that you insert the strut inside...
... I'm a little fuzzy about what we're talking about here - is this the standard Scorpion *rear* caliper, with a larger mouting bracket and beta rear disk? ...
I don't know if the Koni inserts fit inside the stock strut. They might, but I think the strut has to be modified. It has to be modified for the coil overs...
Yep, TR-8s and Rover 3500 use them in injected form. I've got a 1980 Rover 3500 with rebuilt engine and 5-speed sitting in my driveway waiting for bodywork...
According to what Jeff wrote (I think) , it's stock scorpion calipers on "modified" brackets in all four corners with Beta rear discs(251mmx9mm). According to...
I think he was only talking about the rears as an upgrade option, hence my comments: Front: Whoa Rear: Scorp Caliper on Mild Steel Brackets w/ Beta Rotors. ...
/Will Holding wrote: //You COULD make your own brackets, use the Wilwood dynalites and the cheap Beta rotors and probably come out roughly equivalent to the...
Jeff wrote: "the stock Scorp rear calipers fit perfectly on the modified mounting bracket( per the original instructions on the modified Beta fronts). This...
John; There are those people that have a lot of ability and a lot of equipment and resources, (take for example the guy that built the V-12 Ferrari model from...
... I just realized - my engine never had any of the pollution stuff. It's a Montecarlo engine. That hole you used to mount the bar to the head doesn't exist...
Check out www.concorso.com <http://www.concorso.com/> It's the Friday activity of choice for the Monterrey car weekend. It will be my first visit. Steve. ...
Here's an excerpt from the June 1976 edition of Car and Driver magazine, page 121, covering their test/review of the Lancia Scorpion and specifically the...
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