I have talked with Jeremy Thoennes about using aftermarket calipers
on Prod cars. He semed willing to entertain it a couple of years ago.
Production based calipers are usually MORE expensive than current
Dynalite, Willwood etc. Also it is much easier to get good pads for the
aftermarket calipers. The approach needs to be to allow aftermarket
calipers for all Prod cars. Limited to 4 piston aluminum calipers and 1"
x 11" vented ferrous rotors. The production vehicle calipers don't have
high temp seals etc, etc. Years ago, racing calipers were very expensive
but with modern CNC they are a bargain today.
Greg
Joe Boruch wrote:
> Anybody on the list have any contacts in the Nissan 300ZX community? I am
> looking for 1 or 2 Aluminum calipers for a 1990 (up to 7/1990) 300ZX. This
> are for a 26mm rotor and were used on non-turbo cars. They are part #'s
> 41001-30P00 and 41011-30P00 (right and left). I am looking to see if I can
> adapt these to fit my TR3 and then if so, get the SCCA to allow them. I have
> already gotten a verbal approval that SCCA will allow an aluminum caliper from
> a production vehicle. We (including Sam Halkias) have been trying to get SCCA
> to allow any caliper (Wilwood), but for years they have not budged on that,
> insisting that production car calipers only be used up front.
>
> Yes, these are available rebuilt on the internet from a number of suppliers,
> but I don't want to spend the big $ on them just to try and see how close they
> are to fitting. Once I know they can be made to fit then I can buy some. The
> 300ZX ones seem to be the closest fit that I have found by researching
> dimensions. Joe(B)
>
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