Reply With QuoteYep bolts onto F diffs.
And running R33 gtst calipers up front.
I'm using st141 struts... Makes this conversion a piece of cake.
i had r32 gtst brakes behind my 15' ssr meshies with 25mm spacers. the problem isnt the diameter its the design of the back of the wheel. i got sick of having to use spacers so i put on r33 non turbo brakes. 4 pots are overkill on most things anyway and are just a wank thing, my 2 pots with a proper compound pad work better then the 4 pot did with bendix ultimates.
Yep bolts onto F diffs.
And running R33 gtst calipers up front.
I'm using st141 struts... Makes this conversion a piece of cake.
I love that in one simple post you let the rest of the forum know how uninformed you are.
To add to this, SOME of the the 300ZX and Silvia calipers are cast iron (im led to believe that they were all cast iron from factory, but since then most have been replaced with Skyline counterparts) but in the same design as the Skyline alloy counterparts.
The biggest problem with the entire setup tends not to be the diameter, but how much the caliper protrudes over the front of the disc hat:
Takai is right, the main issue is caliper protrusion.
On 86 struts a custom bracket is needed, you can get them off yahoo Jp, sorry don't know who makes them. Not cheap either ( I'll post a pic later)
BUT, if you use the ST141 or MX struts you and some other conversion bits you can eliminate most of the protrusion issue.
All Nissan R series calipers bolt straight up to these struts, and you use a falcon rotor 296mm, the rotor sits outboard on the hub, this adds 7mm then I needed a 5mm slip on to clear my wheels, so only a slight increase of 12mm track each side.
If your doing circuit work big brakes are a must! Don't care what anyone says
Yeah, means its a little bit better. Doesnt protrude as much, but still by about 5-10mm.
Ill take a better photo tonight when i pull apart the fronts on that.
I can see why your brakes weren't working when you were running the 4 pots
Andy
Originally Posted by slide86
Yup, its like comparing apples and turds.
yep thought that... didn't want to say it. haha
here are some pics of the R33 setup on 86 struts
As you can see the Bracket is pretty insane!
The MX guys use a hub ring to centre the rotor, BUT on the ST141 hubs the rotor fits snug over the hub mounting face.. perfect.
Last edited by sundee; 25th November 2010 at 12:04 PM.
After measuring the r33 brakes I was fairly sure that they would fit and couldnt understand why everyone said that they wont, good to have someone clear up that it was the face of the rim that would get in the way.
well at least you didnt missinterprit what i said lol. beleive it or not im not actually that fucking stupid.
most people dont need 4pots cause most people here have light non turbo cars and just want to have a sweet parts list. if you actually have a decent amount of power or do some kind of class racing yeah, but otherwise its just not really neccesary when you can get decent braking performance out of a more wheel friendly caliper with a rotor with a diameter only slightly smaller then a 4 pot. i kinda see it the same way as fitting 15x10 superlites to an eight six.
alot of people i see who bolt on the bigger brakes cause they think they are better just use shitty pads and fluid anyway.
level now?
Last edited by racsov; 25th November 2010 at 09:14 PM.
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