FD RX7 brakes on a NB
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Just using the FD calipers will be a waste of time. Why? Because going to a larger caliper isn't going to be benificial as you won't have proper heat dissipation. It wouldn't be hard to design a mounting bracket to hold it in place though. But if you're going to be going that far, might as well use a larger rotor (given it can fit within the set of wheels you desire). But now for a custom rotor setup, you're getting a lot more involved.
A friend of mine made a front brake kit using Porsche calipers, generic "dirt track" slotted rotors (13") and a custom drilled hat. IIRC he ha under $800 invested in it...but also had hookups to get the custom brackets and hats.
A friend of mine made a front brake kit using Porsche calipers, generic "dirt track" slotted rotors (13") and a custom drilled hat. IIRC he ha under $800 invested in it...but also had hookups to get the custom brackets and hats.
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Just using the FD calipers will be a waste of time. Why? Because going to a larger caliper isn't going to be benificial as you won't have proper heat dissipation. It wouldn't be hard to design a mounting bracket to hold it in place though. But if you're going to be going that far, might as well use a larger rotor (given it can fit within the set of wheels you desire). But now for a custom rotor setup, you're getting a lot more involved.
A friend of mine made a front brake kit using Porsche calipers, generic "dirt track" slotted rotors (13") and a custom drilled hat. IIRC he ha under $800 invested in it...but also had hookups to get the custom brackets and hats.
A friend of mine made a front brake kit using Porsche calipers, generic "dirt track" slotted rotors (13") and a custom drilled hat. IIRC he ha under $800 invested in it...but also had hookups to get the custom brackets and hats.
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You can make ANY bracket to make ANY caliper fit to ANY car. The question is whether the calipers are worth bolting on and what rotors you'll match to them. Performance comes first, cost of replacement wear items (pads and rotors) comes shortly second, since there are about a million different options once you get into custom (read: one-off) brackets. This also tends to be why various Wilwood options tend to be popular, performance pads for their calipers are pretty damn cheap.
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Thanks for the info The car sits on 17in work emotions so rotor clearance is not a big issue. A friend of mines is saying he can make a bracket to make skyline r32 gtr brakes work witch is perfect cause I have a set of r32 gtr non brembo brakes laying around. I will now just have to figure out what rotors to use with these calipers.
Well, if you have the clearance, then by all means go for a BBK. But then you run into the problem of finding 4x100 rotors that are enough to warrant a large caliper. Like I said, it can be done, but how hard the materials will be to find over there is unknown to me. You'd be well off to get a pair of loaded Porsche Boxter-S rear calipers and go from there.
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i fit FD brakes to my car, using NB8B rotors.
I used this kit:
http://speed.garage-tsr.com/braken.htm
I used this kit:
http://speed.garage-tsr.com/braken.htm
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i fit FD brakes to my car, using NB8B rotors.
I used this kit:
http://speed.garage-tsr.com/braken.htm
I used this kit:
http://speed.garage-tsr.com/braken.htm
That kit to use the RX7 FC calipers wont work, UNLESS you use a huge wheel spacer. Those calipers are too wide, and it will hit the tires unless the wheel has some crazy design that will allow it to work, or if you use spacers. Mind you, those are only for the fronts.