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GT-Facer
05-06-2007, 22:08
On taking my wheel off to sort the C clip on the diff out i noticed that there is turbo stamped into my calipers.
Does anyone know what calipers these are? I have attatched a pic.
They also have 1256/13 stamped on them.

mikeymikewakey
05-06-2007, 22:13
Thats interesting....they do look like standard lucas-girling calipers though.

Mike

AmDaMan
05-06-2007, 23:31
They are, some of them had a turbo casting on though, I forgot why.

MatBrown
05-06-2007, 23:41
They are just standard calipers, they have turbo stamped on them as they were taken from the 5GTT.


Mat.

Coops
05-06-2007, 23:45
RSi right? my old valver had RSi brakes at one point so they had turbo printed on em, changed to proper valver carriers n werent stamped turbo! :P

GT-Facer
06-06-2007, 09:55
They are just standard calipers, they have turbo stamped on them as they were taken from the 5GTT.


Mat.

:( i was hoping they where 21 turbo calipers or something like that.


RSi right? my old valver had RSi brakes at one point so they had turbo printed on em, changed to proper valver carriers n werent stamped turbo! :P

No it's a hybrid built from a valver, so i presume they are the valver calipers? Any difference between the vavler and RSi brakes?

ollie16v
06-06-2007, 11:31
My valver has the same ones, they are lucas.

Amirclio
06-06-2007, 13:22
I have them too

GT-Facer
06-06-2007, 14:07
:( rubish! I got all excited when i saw turbo! lol

Smudger
06-06-2007, 14:57
even if they where 21 turbo calipers doubt they would be any better. only bonus over the 21t set up i think is that they run bigger discs?? (285mm i think)

Coops
06-06-2007, 18:39
even if they where 21 turbo calipers doubt they would be any better. only bonus over the 21t set up i think is that they run bigger discs?? (285mm i think)

nope calipers are bigger aswell, huge in fact!lol ask Amdaman, he runs the 21 setup

Chris H
07-06-2007, 02:30
they are standard 16V calipers not GTT calipers as they are 238's not 259's.

Some early 21 turbos came with the 16V brakes before they got the big ones.

Smudger
07-06-2007, 10:20
even if they where 21 turbo calipers doubt they would be any better. only bonus over the 21t set up i think is that they run bigger discs?? (285mm i think)

nope calipers are bigger aswell, huge in fact!lol ask Amdaman, he runs the 21 setup

ahh interesting. ya learn something new everyday

lol

MatBrown
07-06-2007, 21:34
they are standard 16V calipers not GTT calipers as they are 238's not 259's.

I was under the impression the calipers were the same but the carriers are different due to increased disc size.


Mat.

Zek
08-06-2007, 14:13
they are standard 16V calipers not GTT calipers as they are 238's not 259's.

I was under the impression the calipers were the same but the carriers are different due to increased disc size.


Mat.

Correct :wink:

Zek
08-06-2007, 14:15
fitted some to our 5 gtt