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Old 03-07-11
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upgrades on my JTD + more will come

havent put any pics up of my JTD since start the upgrades. brough it back in Sept and have enjoy it every min on it, even with a few problems. now the MOT has expire, is off rd for a few more upgrades and fix a few things. brough it standart , but since then have put a FMI, straigh through exhaust, 305mm front brakes, big rear spoiler and a front/rear spliter and 17". job to be done now, are suspension, rear brakes, upgrade clutch+DMF, and a gd re-map( current re-map is over boosting), and a few other bits, that i will add and upgrade this page.
here a few pics but more will come:
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start working on him tomorrow, suspension off, rear brakes off, and start on the best job of all, the gearbox removal love it,lol and then a few weeks later( maybe month or so lol), will put eveything back on but new. any helpers lol
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Needs some skirts and that'll look spot on
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Did you change the uprights to mount 4 pot brembos or did you make an adapter?
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cheers guys, skirts will be on, once the rust is sorted, that is why they not on yet . isnt too bad, but want to get it sorted before it gets wurst
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Originally Posted by TribesMan View Post
Did you change the uprights to mount 4 pot brembos or did you make an adapter?
they got a adapter but i dint make it, some1 else from the forum did it
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It seems these calipers are radial mounted, not lug like the 305's GTA ones, TribesMan.
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Any pics of the adapter?
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these brembo calipers are from the 166 v6. why pay 2k for GTA ones when u can a 1/4 of that and they do the some job
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Originally Posted by TribesMan View Post
Any pics of the adapter?
if u want the adapter i think the guy still has some.
how ever u will need 17" and 3mm spacer and a few other bits.
i will try and find the link that show u the adapter and so on
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Originally Posted by TribesMan View Post
Any pics of the adapter?
u will find all the info in here
http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/tunin...-pictures.html (My how to upgrade to 305mm disks with pictures)
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Oh, I remember that thread...
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