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Z eliminator

07-09-2011 04:16 PM

back 4 piston calipers

Can any 4 piston caliper be modified to fit the rear stock sport rotors.
I have the racing brake rotor on he rears/
I want to 6 piston on the front.

Z

djpathfinder

07-09-2011 04:23 PM

How about a big brake kit?

Da.Menace

07-15-2011 05:08 AM

I'm also researching on this topic.

Here's what I found out.

370z BBK Kit = 2P1.8021A
Which uses the same brake pads as 2P1.9016A (Chevy Camaro SS)
Which also has a rear caliper upgrade only kit 2P0.8001A

The calipers should be the same, however I dont think brembo can supply you an bridge adapter that would let you use stock rotors. You may have to machine one yourself.

Please don't use what I said as facts, this is merely my research.

Mike	07-15-2011 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Da.Menace (Post 1217133)

the camaro ones won't work. Spacing between the mounting bolts is different. I already thought of that and checked since I have five sets of Camaro cores in my shop.

Da.Menace

07-16-2011 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 1218311)

the camaro ones won't work. Spacing between the mounting bolts is different. I already thought of that and checked since I have five sets of Camaro cores in my shop.

Would a custom made/brembo 370z specific bridge adapter fix the problem?

BTW your brakes works great Mike! Thanks again!

Mike	07-16-2011 12:11 PM

Maybe, but the camaro brakes are like the akebonos and have the mounting points integral to the caliper, not like the front radially mounted brembos.

Glad you like them!

Da.Menace

07-16-2011 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike (Post 1218935)

Maybe, but the camaro brakes are like the akebonos and have the mounting points integral to the caliper, not like the front radially mounted brembos.

Wait... are we talking about the same thing here? I'm not talking about the ones that came with Camaro, but Brembo's own "Caliper Upgrade Kit".

I havent seen the camaro's caliper upgrade kit in person, so I dont know for sure :S

Mike	07-17-2011 09:22 AM

oh, I was talking stock camaro brakes. Would have been a great upgrade because I can get them for under 100 each.

ResIpsa

07-18-2011 11:04 AM

Bad Idea!

Be very careful when messing around with the rear brakes. If you were able to mount the front calipers on the rear of your Z it would become a death trap.

There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car.

Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts.

UNKNOWN_370

07-18-2011 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ResIpsa (Post 1220581)

This is true... that would make one for you tube. Lol.

Da.Menace

07-18-2011 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ResIpsa (Post 1220581)

There is a really good reason why our cars (and every other car on the planet) has smaller rear brakes. This is because too much rear brake will cause the rears to lock up under heavy braking and spin your car.

Even on cars that appear to have identical size front and rear calipers, if you actually took the caliper off you would notice that the pistons in the rear are one third of the size of the fronts.

Which is why I'm only looking for identical calipers matching the Rear BBK produced by Brembo.

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