[Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade

[ianf@eden.rutgers.edu]

Well...I was considering finding the fixed 2 piston rear calipers from 
the 300ZX or the 350Z. If they have a parking brake cable provision, 
they would be an excellent candidate for a rear brake upgrade. (and no 
more stuck slider pins!!!)
Ian

> They are mine...  I was going to put them on the 95' SLO, which I 
opted to
> sell for a SHO.  There are no balance problems at all.  It actually 
flattens
> out the car alot so you are "pivoting" on the front wheels in a 
turn.  They
> utilize the 94' - 99' calipers and the 11.6" rotors.
> 
> They are made from 1/2" thick cold rolled steel, but the machine shop
> assured me that there wouldn't be a problem.
> 
> In hindsite, I should have just made a bracket that holds the stock 
calipers
> out farther, which is what I will do next time around.
> 
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
> To: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@cajunnet.com>;
> <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 12:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade
> 
> 
> > According to what I have been led to believe, 80% of the stopping 
force is
> > on the front brakes.  I would think that adding larger rear rotors 
would
> not
> > help decrease the stopping distance at all.  In fact, I think that 
they
> > would be a problem to balance the front/rear bias to keep the rears 
from
> > loking up on a hard stop.
> > Besides... the parts look like they are made from cold rolled steel,
> > something that would not give me a warm fuzzy feeling. I would 
prefer
> having
> > a nice solid casting.
> >
> > Jim
> > '93 MTX
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kevin & Cheryl 
Airth
> > Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:37 AM
> > To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade
> >
> >
> > Found this on E-Bay. Has anyone upgraded their rear brakes with this
> option?
> >
> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=33563&item
> > =2411841651&rd=1
> > .
> > .
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