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90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183053 November 18, 2004 04:00 pm UTC November 18, 2004 04:00 pm UTC
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto S Sean Foots OP Member
Sean Foots OP Member S Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto	I am wondering if the front brake rotors from a 90 Talon Tsi FWD are the same as brake rotors from a 92 Talon Tsi AWD? Thanks, Sean

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183054 November 18, 2004 05:40 pm UTC November 18, 2004 05:40 pm UTC
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,178 Hamilton A Amin Ahmadi Insane Member
Amin Ahmadi Insane Member A Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,178 Hamilton	sometime around 92 I think (or 93) the AWD's get bigger rotors,

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183055 November 18, 2004 08:29 pm UTC November 18, 2004 08:29 pm UTC
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto S Sean Foots OP Member
Sean Foots OP Member S Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto	I know the 93 and up AWD got the bigger rotors with the 2-piston calipers. I do not have the 2-piston calipers so I am wondering if I can use the 90 fwd brake rotors. Sean

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183056 November 19, 2004 02:13 am UTC November 19, 2004 02:13 am UTC
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,369 Regina, Sk C Chris Clark Insane Member
Chris Clark Insane Member C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,369 Regina, Sk	Yes. No pre 93 cars had big brakes. 1990 TSi AWD - Parked since I bought it (Jan24/03) Had it out one day, and busted the trans.

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183057 November 23, 2004 06:47 pm UTC November 23, 2004 06:47 pm UTC
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 110 Winnipeg, MB, Canada D Dave Surminski Regular Member
Dave Surminski Regular Member D Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 110 Winnipeg, MB, Canada	Yes they are the same, but watch out for ABS rotors. I don't know if you are trying to use 90 rotors on a 92 or vice versa etc. 91+(no ABS in 90) rotors have two bolts in them to allow room for the bolts that hold on the ABS drum.

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183058 November 23, 2004 07:04 pm UTC November 23, 2004 07:04 pm UTC
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto S Sean Foots OP Member
Sean Foots OP Member S Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 317 Toronto	I am thinking of using 90 talon non-abs rotors on a 92 non abs talon. They should be ok right? Thanks, Sean

Re: 90 Brake Rotors same as 92? #183059 November 29, 2004 05:29 am UTC November 29, 2004 05:29 am UTC
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 110 Winnipeg, MB, Canada D Dave Surminski Regular Member
Dave Surminski Regular Member D Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 110 Winnipeg, MB, Canada	Didn't see this sooner, but yah that's fine. Only run into problems when putting a non-abs rotor on an ABS car. And also with 93 AWD big brakes, but that's another story

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