[Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade

Bill Murray fordsho@cloud9grafx.com
Sun, 20 Apr 2003 02:30:49 -0400


Don't know about the 350, but the 300 rear brakes have a drum parking
brake.  This is a very common mod on the 240sx since the brakes bolt
right on.  This is also better for use on cars that are "put away wet".
You don't have to worry about warping the brakes since the caliper isn't
clamping a certain part of the disk while it cools.

Bill Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
ianf@eden.rutgers.edu
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:51 PM
To: SHOtimes@midwestsho.com; jndleyden@mindspring.com;
clubairth@cajunnet.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade

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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