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disc brake conversion/upgrade 120-130

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posted by  JohnMc on  Thu Jul 3 02:22 CST 2003
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The 1800E calipers have 4 pistons on 2 separate circuits. No advantage at all unless you want to plumb up a lot of extra brake lines and recreate the double diagonal split circuit brakes the 1800E/ES and 140 series had (each independant circuit works both front wheels and one back wheel). In normal use, however, I don't think they work any better than a properly operating 122 single circuit caliper.

It's possible that some later model 164 calipers that fit vented rotors would fit in the same manner as the 1800E/ES units, but again in normal use no real performance advantage. And those probably are a lot harder to find and more expensive than the 122 calipers.

Note that both the 1800E and 140 and 164 all have a different bolt pattern on the rotors than does the 122.






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