Volvo 850 brake conversion

[Bracer]

Morning peeps, that was a frantic little discussion you lot had there for a while.

Can I just add that your ability to stop is only as good as the weakest link.

I.e. if your tyres are poo but you have cracking AP set-up then your just gonna run into your ABS and that will take longer to stop than if you had good boots and stock brakes and the ABS wasn't kicking in.

I'm one of the very few peeps that find the stock stoppers fine and I've never touched the front set-up in over 2 years and dont even know what’s in there, as for the back I overhauled that a month or so ago.

But to put this into context I've had a car with 325mm discs and race hats coupled with Willwood 4 pot Superlites so am used to great stopping power, and the Volvo does just fine.

If you have poor brakes

1) An overhaul consisting of New Discs / Pads and Fluid you may need.

2) An AP or other Big Brake Kits you most defiantly dont !

Regards

Steve
(Performance Guru)

[Murphy]

What have i missed ?!?!?

[Bracer]

My Ex Stoppers

[volvotuning]

Well said Bracer!!!!

And just to add to that, the other weak link in the braking is the SUSPENSION!!! If your suspension is old and crap and tired, your brakes will be no where near as effective as they should be. So that needs to be fixed first.

Adam.

[lance]

Yeah think my suspension will need doing before the years out ! But im waiting cos everytime i buy somthing for her theres a special offer the following month that I just miss out on

[mac855t5r]

horses for courses. I spent the money I had on stopping and handling... Using a harder compound pad, big cast iron disc = long, dependable life, not a brake-dust hell... My reply was to an ill informed view on the legality of AP brakes.
I may have spent 'too much' in your opinion, but not in mine.

Running 'Volvo Sports Pack' Adjustable Ohlins... They do the job, just as Ohlins have every time I've used them... Bikes, Rally cars, Off road, even drag racing.. and no, they don't cost what 'people' say they do. They took the car down just a tad more and on Michi's, my god, what a joy.

300+ bhp in a FWD..... no thanks.

[Justin]

Thought you were only jesting Mac ?????

No one is having a dig at you personally mate, just the majority of us dont seem to warrant those brakes.

Cheer up ffs

[855t5r]

horses for courses. I spent the money I had on stopping and handling... Using a harder compound pad, big cast iron disc = long, dependable life, not a brake-dust hell... My reply was to an ill informed view on the legality of AP brakes.
I may have spent 'too much' in your opinion, but not in mine.

Running 'Volvo Sports Pack' Adjustable Ohlins... They do the job, just as Ohlins have every time I've used them... Bikes, Rally cars, Off road, even drag racing.. and no, they don't cost what 'people' say they do. They took the car down just a tad more and on Michi's, my god, what a joy.

300+ bhp in a FWD..... no thanks.

Maybe its just a T5R owners thing

In fact I might get some APs for the rear too

[Bracer]

LMAO @ you BB Boys

[hamish]

Just thouht I'd pipe up. We've got the hangers on the shelf if you want to move up to the 302mm discs. You will also need some slightly longer front brake hoses which we keep in S/S Braided and are less than Volvo's,

Call me at volvotuninguk.com

Hamish.

[Bracer]

Just thouht I'd pipe up. We've got the hangers on the shelf if you want to move up to the 302mm discs. You will also need some slightly longer front brake hoses which we keep in S/S Braided and are less than Volvo's,

Call me at volvotuninguk.com

Hamish.

O sorry you guys I didn't realise you already had this covered !

Hamish the only reason why I was gonna offer this was because I'm going up to the 302's soon and wasn't going to pay the silly dealer price for them and was going to Machine my own.

Maybe you could PM me some prices and I'll see if it would be just as cheep for me to get the bits from your self ?

Thanks

Steve