Easy brake upgrade?

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Re: Easy brake upgrade?

Post by Chris_C » 31 Jan 2011 11:08 am

If you can weld it's not hassle.

Have a squint under the car, and you'll see a bracket on the rear seat belt strentheny plate that takes the 2 rear handbrake cables. You need to make that cable bracket appear 4" further away, and use a 1.7 front cable and the rear cables from a 360 (doesn't matter if you have a left/right or two lefts or two rights for the rear cables, they are just different lengths)

Other than that it's a bolt in and out thing so may well be worth it for you. I find having a non 340 handbrake alone useful, my car no longer tries to run away down hills...
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'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Re: Easy brake upgrade?

Post by Om7 » 31 Jan 2011 03:25 pm

Haha. :P I don't think my handbrake was too incredible either. I can understand that Volvo did not expect the 340 to have revvy 16v's in them 30 years later, but they could have at least given them brakes which could stop/hold their own weight. :D

I shall take a peek under mine today as I have to go to the unit anyway. I need to change the diff and box for those from a 1.7 so may be worth taking the whole rear end apart at the same time. I'm guessing it doesn't have a subframe with it all on I could just remove?
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Re: Easy brake upgrade?

Post by Chris_C » 31 Jan 2011 05:36 pm

Sub what.... this is a 340 man, not a mini ;)
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
'03 S60 D5 SE, '91 (J) MX5, 1954 Cyclemaster
Ex:
'89(F) 340 GL F7R (ex B172k) - Fake -> SBKV 300 Runner Up 08, 12; '91(H) 340 GL B14.4E - Kar; '88(F) 360 GLT B200E - Jet -> BKV 300 Runner Up 09; '89(G) 360 GLT B200E - Beast

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Re: Easy brake upgrade?

Post by Om7 » 31 Jan 2011 09:55 pm

Haha. I thought so. :P I didn't take a look. Gonna see how front discs and pads go and go from there. It's hopefully going to the 'ring this year so gonna have to be at least kinda decent. :P
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