hepkat63 11 Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 Hi All, wanting to get some drilled/slotted rotors for the 1982 esprit turbo, and have found a good source. However, they stipulate ATE calipers. Excuse my ignorance, but what are those? Are they just the standard calipers? I have been researching this and cannot find any information except that some suggest that these models had girling calipers I really don't know what difference this makes? the site I am looking at is in the states, but even so, I can't imagine that Lotus exported these models to the states and they changed the calipers over on them? Only other thing I can thing of is that US models were fitted with ATE calipers? Maybe, it is what Girling is called in the states? These are what I am looking at: http://www.drilledrotors.com/lotus-esprit-1982-ate-caliper-brake-kit.html#/color-drilled_slotted More info http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f164/ate-caliper-348602/ Quote The '76-80 parts manual has the rotors as Rear = A079J400FFront = A079J6003FThe 80-87 manual has the rotors as For years prior to '85Front = Either A075J0297F or C075J0297FOr A075J0297Z For the turbo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sailorbob 271 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Prior to 1985 the S3 front brake calipers were Girling. ATE would be an Alfred Teves (now owned by Continental) caliper so I suspect the vendors have got it wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
molemot 521 Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Absolutely the best road brakes for an 82 turbo are what I have fitted to mine....have a look at these... http://www.pnmengineering.com/lotus-esprit-brakespre85.html Any of them will be good. I have this one... '81-85 Lotus Esprit FRONT 266mm Vented Disc Kit This performance upgrade vented brake kit fits Giugiaro 81-85 and replaces the solid OEM disc. The kit provides a good braking performance upgrade for your Esprit eliminating the brake fade of the standard calipers. We offer a choice of Ultralite or Billet 4 calipers. Kit includes: 2 x 4 Piston Calipers (choice of colours) 2 x Vented 266mm Discs (plain or grooved) 2 x Brackets 2 x Braided Hoses Bolt kit Fitting guide PRICE VAT TOTAL PRODUCT CODE Lotus Esprit 266mm Plain Ultralite Kit £ 560.00 £ 112.00 £ 672.00 PNMJ8882K Lotus Esprit 266mm Grooved Ultralite kit £ 580.00 £ 116.00 £ 696.00 PNMJ9982G Lotus Esprit 266mm Grooved Billet 4 Kit £ 652.00 £ 130.40 £ 782.40 PNMJ6882G EBC Road Pad £ 21.50 £ 4.30 £ 25.80 PNMJ0197 EBC Greenstuff Pad £ 51.90 £ 10.38 £ 62.28 PNMJ2153 Other pads may be available. Please ask for details. Quote Scientists investigate that which already is; Engineers create that which has never been." - Albert Einstein Link to post Share on other sites
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