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Well.this is what I did........86 SPG........longish.
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Posted by Marka [Email] (more from Marka) on Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:12:36 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Converting Front >Rear handbrake on 1980 turbo!, Justin, Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:35:59
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So finding rebuild front calipers that last more then a year is tricky. I put Wilwoods NDL in the front, and wilwood mech calipers in back with my old saab ATE(one in front, one in back). This was not idea Wilwoods rattle even well adjusted right, plus you have to make your own bracket to mount rear calipers, plus you have to add the hand brake bracket(weld it in place), plus two new holes for the cable routing. The problem with 87 and older saab is the old gas tank it is off set, so caliper has to be small to fit on the passenger side, So no rear calipers with mechanical actualated parking brake(they are to deep) uless you rear clock your caliper. Also only saab 87 and older got those ATE rear calipers with that hole spacing, if you want to add a rear caliper from another car you have to make a bracket to fit ( I have numerous rear calipers in my garage from other brands trying to find the right on)........Next on my list is adding Porsche 914 rear calipers(they have mech parking brakes in them). They use the same saab rear brake pad(meaning same brake bias), I have to make bracket anyways(to clock caliper 45 degree's lower) So I'm using 85 and old front rotors(same hat depth as rear).......TO be honest keep your old brakes unless you like to tinker..........M

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