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Frp Front Brakes Looking and working spot on!

#1 User is offline   carrboy 

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 06:18 PM

Recently visited chris the brake god in nottingham to sort my frps front brakes, he fitted new discs and pads plus a full caliper service and i am now braking with confidence once again. An amazing difference and at such reasonable price for an entire days work! Top bloke chris! Thanks!
Heres the brakes now ive got rid of the focus st orange paintjob, thought id try red for a change and im pleased i did.
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And the car after a well needed wash!
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This post has been edited by carrboy: 09 July 2012 - 06:22 PM

FRP 038 - R.I.P killed by an old man in his toyota avensis.
FRP 245 - sold, then killed by new owner!
FRP 225 - sold in 2013 and regretted it ever since!FRP ??? - Now after another one after two years of Fiesta ST2 ownership.

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 06:39 PM

mm, rather nice... looking clean too... :beer: :beer:

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Posted 09 July 2012 - 07:01 PM

she be a fine beasty, top job on the brakes too
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 11:17 AM

My FRP Alcons are now on this

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Maybe the brakes were off one of your "KILLED" FRP's Posted Image They will work for a living now.

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#5 User is offline   carrboy 

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 11:22 PM

Wtf is that thing????
FRP 038 - R.I.P killed by an old man in his toyota avensis.
FRP 245 - sold, then killed by new owner!
FRP 225 - sold in 2013 and regretted it ever since!FRP ??? - Now after another one after two years of Fiesta ST2 ownership.

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 01:10 PM

What are the brakes painted with? Looks quite a durable finish......

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 02:39 PM

They are painted with ford aerosols! Colorado red to be precise! Always painted calipers with normal car paint and never had any issues!
FRP 038 - R.I.P killed by an old man in his toyota avensis.
FRP 245 - sold, then killed by new owner!
FRP 225 - sold in 2013 and regretted it ever since!FRP ??? - Now after another one after two years of Fiesta ST2 ownership.

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:21 AM

View Postcarrboy, on 20 July 2012 - 11:22 PM, said:

Wtf is that thing????
It is a 1965 Griffith (they were not sold as TVR's - made about 280 of them). 1965 Grantura (MGB drivetrain) but with a Ford 289 HiPo engine Ford T10 or Toploader gearbox and a Jag E-type Diff wit LSD.

This is the 3rd one made. Ground up rebuild to full race with about 4x the power of a Puma 1.7 and 3.3x the poke of a FRP. Will be about 100kg less than a Puma too.

Wheelbase is 85.5" (Puma is 96.3). So just under a foot shorter wheelbase - It will be twitchy :unsure:

As I had done a big brake upgrade on my wife Puma, I had gotten into looking at what you could get inside a 15" rim. Cannot change the rim diameter. Could have put AP race one on (have on a TR6 with 15" rims with 315mm discs), but then remembered the FRP ones. They we spot on when given to BG (THE Brake people) racing with a hub and wheel to work out the adaptor setup. They are running on AP 305mm race discs. Should be nice setup.

This, the engine (somewhat uprated 302 based lump!), front hubs (safety) and sticky tyres are the only differences from an fia spec race version (like this http://www.youtube.c...yw&translated=1 ).

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 06:15 PM

Very nice!
FRP 038 - R.I.P killed by an old man in his toyota avensis.
FRP 245 - sold, then killed by new owner!
FRP 225 - sold in 2013 and regretted it ever since!FRP ??? - Now after another one after two years of Fiesta ST2 ownership.

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Posted 13 September 2013 - 07:51 PM

Can I please ask how much you paid, I have been charged £630 inc new copper brake fluid pipes both sides? Many thanks.

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