Bypass Valve pics - rear ventilated brake upgrade

[Peter Berrevoets]

I should probably do a page for this one too.

They will probably be all the brakes you will ever need on the rear. Cross
drilled and vented rotors are available if you need more stopping power.

To start you need the following;

1) rear calipers from a V8 or 200TQ Avant years recommended 1998-1993 (not
200-20V)
2) rear caliper carrier mounts from same car
3) rear dust shields from same car
4) rear rotors from 200TQ Avant. (The V8 rotors will not fit)
5) fresh pads for 200TQ Avant. New rotors are not a bad investment at this
time either.

Bolt it all up. Bleed the system. You're done - easy as pi!

Parking brake lever is still the weak point in these brakes.

Take the opportunity to free up the carrier sliders and replace the rubber
boots.
All other bits and pieces from the original brakes will fit. (At least on
the later model 200TQ - mid 88 and up) Not sure about the early ones.

HTH

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada
http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/


> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Allen Swett [mailto:allens at mitronics.com]
> >Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 4:23 PM
> >To: pjberr at home.com
> >Subject: Bypass Valve pics
> >
> >
> >Hi Peter,
> >I just finished reading your newly posted site on the BPV
> >installation.
> >That was a great step by step write up with pics.  I'll most
> >certainly use
> >this as a guide should I do the same procedure.
> > But I am curious about another detail that caught my eye on
> >your site.
> >You have upgraded you rear brakes with vented V8
> >rotors/calipers.  If you
> >have a chance I'd love to hear what you needed to do this
> >conversion, if it
> >was not a bolt on affair.  I have an 89 200qa, recently
> >purchased with new
> >rotors/pads in front, wafer thin rotors in back which I need
> >to address
> >soon.  I don't have the resources to go with a BIG brake upgrade, not
> >really sure I need it,(but that's another story).  As
> >I'm considering the sort of retrofit you did, I'd love to hear your
> >feedback/commments if you have a chance.
> >
> >Thanks and regards.
> >Allen Swett
> >89 200q Avant
> >91 200q20v Avant