As I understand things, the Tiger uses a Ford 9" rear. Well, I know squat
about the Ford 9", but I do know the 6.75 ford has a backing plate that will
not readily fit onto the Alpine. I suspect the 9" and 6.75" have the same
backing plate, as the guy says the kit is for 6.75", 8" and 9". I think you
should give him a holler to see exactly what he has.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: <ellis838@concentric.net>
To: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Rear Disc Brakes on Ford 4 Bolt Axle
> Bill,
> Funny you should bring this up as I have been spending some time
> looking into this. Seems the Tiger owners have a conversion kit
> available [$600] that uses Audi 100 rotors and Fiat 124 calipers, the
> kit has all the details worked out is a bolt on and does not require a
> proportioning valve, for Tigers any way. I am not sure if the ends of
> the Tiger rear axles are the same as Alpine [do the backing plates
> interchange?] so am not sure if this kit will cross over to Alpines, but
> the bolt pattern is the same so the rotors should work. Which would
> leave making up caliper brackets and some kind of emergency brake. A
> line lock has been coming to mind to over come that obstacle, and a
> friend with a new plasma cutter for whittling out the brackets, now the
> only thing left is finding the time to actually do it.... Jim
>
> Bill Blue wrote:
>
> >Some time back some people on the list were lusting after a rear disc
brake
> >setup. Was Jim Ellis one of them? Anyway, I saw that a guy on the
> >Esslinger Bulletin Board is offering weld on brackets for $50. His
E-mail
> >is racer13@mcn.net, and that is all I know about it. Just thought
someone
> >may be interested.
> >Bill
> >
> >.
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