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RE: Volvo Front Brake Caliper Conversion

To: "'Steve C Allen'" <67datroad@vbbn.com>,
Subject: RE: Volvo Front Brake Caliper Conversion
From: "Daniel Beatty" <daniel@nowroc.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 23:13:44 -0800
Here is a very nice picture of the required new M/C that goes with the
Volvo caliper swap.
http://www.zparts.com/showcase/msSR20swap1/pages/SR_roadster03.htm

Daniel Beatty
NOWROCer
65.5 SRoadster swap project

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve C
Allen
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:56 PM
To: Datsun Roadster List
Subject: RE:Volvo Front Brake Caliper Conversion

This comes from one of the cars I saw during the Polar Bear run last
weekend. It had 4 piston Volvo front calipers on it. I asked the owner
about the paticulars and he 
was not sure as the car was like that when he bought it. One of the guys
told me it was a direct bolt up but there were several other issues
involved. First the stock 
roadster rotor diameter needs to be turned down around 1/8 of an inch.
Secondly the new caliper had two brake line inlets so it requires a tee
fitting. Also the caliper is a 
bit wider than the stock caliper so the brake pads wear out sooner. He
thought the calipers came from a mid to late 70's Volvo 124. I looked at
a site dedicated to nothing 
but Volvo's and there never was a 124. There is a 240 in that era but no
124. Does anyone out there have any knowledge of this conversion? It is
something I would like 
to try on a 66 I will be working on and does not appear to be that hard
if I could just figure out what Volvo caliper I need. This might be an
attractive alternative to the 
stock setup. Thanks.

Steve Allen
Rohnert Park, CA
http://www.311s.org
67.5 Stroked 2 liter
66 x 2
71 PL521 Pickup
72 240Z
311 Skid Marks 

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