E21 braking solutions

[Tanner_P95]

Hey guys, im in the middle of swapping a 1.8t from an audi a4 into my ‘83 320i. This swap will make A LOT more power than the original m10. Thus I will need bigger brakes. I see a lot of people arguing about the volvo caliper thing, and some other frankenstein mods. Is it possible to run an e30 stoptech kit on the e21 or am i mistaken. Im mostly just talking about front brakes, and i was just going to do a rear disk conversion and good pads lines and fluid. Thanks for the input!
Cheers!

[Manitoba]

Wow… swapping the heart of 2 kidneys for four rings… Bold move

Good luck!

Greetz,
Walter.

[Jeroen]

Several threads on this topic here on the forum. My suggestion: get a Wilwood BBK for the front and upgrade the rears to E30 to give you a decent choice of pads. I'm quite happy with Ferodo DS2500 pads on most cars. E30 stuff and especially kits defo are not a straight fit on the E21 and you may run into issues finding matching discs, these are completely different.

[nic65]

io al posteriore ho montato dischi Golf 1, pinze Audi A3 con supporto auto costruito in alluminio, il freno a mano adesso è sulle pinze, ho usato anche un partitore di frenata per regolare la frenata posteriore che era risultata troppo efficace