Soooooo the 350z comes stock with 4 pod Brembo calipers and 5 stud hubs and discs.
I would take a wild guess and say that they are much better than our stock brakes and parts are much more easy to come by.(most probably cheaper)
but the question is can I fit the 350z hub onto my s13 and the caliper and so forth????
anything can be done with the right amount of expertise and money.
dont forget to post pics of the conversion!
ooohhh that I know...MONEY IS POWER!!!!!
he he ok sure ja but can it bolt straight on? Like the s14 calipers and hubs bolt straight on.
no - the calipers are not a straight bolt on...
and technically - nor are the s14 calipers. the brake lines dont fit! you need custom lines to make them fit!
veecee wrote:
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:27 am
no - the calipers are not a straight bolt on...
and technically - nor are the s14 calipers. the brake lines dont fit! you need custom lines to make them fit!
Hey!!!
WTF are u doing up so early in the morn????
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Would make a cool mod though... I think it will be crazy expensive to get the parts though...
The PCD is also 5 x 114 on the 350z.
ya the disc will fit the standard 5 stud upgrade that many people do on their s13's, although i'm not sure about the disc height though.
but they would look alright.
a big set of alcon 8 pot calipers with 4 pot at the rear would look a lot better though!
for now - i'll just stick to me Z32 calipers, they're WAAAYYYY better than the s14 ones!
Hotstuff wrote:
veecee wrote:
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:27 am
no - the calipers are not a straight bolt on...
and technically - nor are the s14 calipers. the brake lines dont fit! you need custom lines to make them fit!
Hey!!!
WTF are u doing up so early in the morn????
š® š® š®
lots of work to do... i can sleep some other time!
I see Mr Turbo is selling 4 and 8 pot calipers for cheap maybe give them a call.
Ja I know bout those, I was thinking of fitting them on my golf.
but dont you think nice Brembo calipers would just look the part.
$$$
Id rather pay the $$$ for the brembos off the 350z and know they decent than pay the $$ for something that I dont know and doesnt know if it works!
Why else would nissan have fitted the Brembos to the 350??
HancoB wrote:
Id rather pay the $$$ for the brembos off the 350z and know they decent than pay the $$ for something that I dont know and doesnt know if it works!
Why else would nissan have fitted the Brembos to the 350??
because most of the world's population mistakenly think that its either brembo's or nothing. brembo's have an excellent reputation, and most people would rather go with what they've heard from the media, instead of doing the research themselves!
there are lots of excellent brake parts manufacturers out there! but basically, the name brembo sells more cars than the name alcon!
True VC. Z32 brakes work great.
I must agree with Hanco there, we ran loads of different brakes on our racing cars and still brembo came out tops every time.....
ya i'm sure...
name some of them.
Well we used all type of brakes off different cars, because its a midget we are not bound to different calipers and mounting, make new mountings and your off....
At a stage we even used the alfa GTV 3L brake disc with willwood calipers... Disc broke in ten thousend pieces after half a season!
Even went to bike brakes for the front, small, compact, and works very well, cheap to replace, seeing that midgets love climbing wheels with other cars...
Dont know what you comment was for VC but that is what I have experienced. Racing cars on a oval track really put brakes through abuse, worse than main circuit cars.... So trust me when I say we have tried ALLOT of brakes...
The 350z has a 324mm rotor. 44mm larger braking surface than the Z32 rotor, which is only 280mm.
The original s13 rotors are also 280mm right?
mario_200sx wrote:
Dont know what you comment was for VC but that is what I have experienced....
Ja VC, why you so uptite on this mini friday... you working this wkend or what??
@speedbreeder, yes you are right. The 1992/1993 model had 280mm discs. The early models up to the change over year which was 1992 had smaller discs. If you dont believe me phone any nissan dealer and ask them.
The Z32 also had 280 discs but better calipers. They are almost the same as the s14 brakes but they are made of a lighter metal. So technicaly the breaking is the same but the heat resistance and weight differs.
Back to the 350z Calipers...
They wont be that expensive since there are like 4 wrote off 350's at every scrapyard. The brake pads will be about the same price as what we pay for and the "minimal" mods done to fit them will be worth the while.
I prefer a car with better breaks than a moerse engine! Give me any track and i will show you how I can beat you just by out braking you.
I proved that theory in my golf, my mates had golf pushing out 150kw where my NA 1.8 only had 94kw and I would kick their arses in every corner and then they cant get back infront of me.
Ask Mario he will tell you lots bout those stock cars and the problems they had. Those guys really abuse their cars and they stick to what is working.
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