luseboy Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Ok so I'm gonna be doing brakes on the Z soon and I think I have decided to go with the non-vented front toyota's, and the rear 240sx discs with a MM bracket. I'm a little unclear of which brakes I can use for the rear, namely, s13 or s14? I've seen both mentioned. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the calipers have a built in e-brake? The rear brakes on my mini allow a parking brake with a cable that pushes the piston out. The 240sx calipers appear to have the same set up. But MM lists an e-brake relocation bracket, which I assume is to re-locate the stock part of the drum that is used as an e-brake. If I am correct about the e-brake on the caliper, how come no one uses it? Idk if the stock Z e brake had many problems, but seems to me like the sx e-brake set up would be a lot more solid... What're everyone's thoughts on this? I hope I'm not just totaly wrong here... but I most likely am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceVance Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) 1.) S13; S14 may work as well, but S13 is the 'standard' one that people use with the MM kit. 2.) You have to switch out the arms (bracket that attaches to E-brake cable) out from the left to the right and visa versa, which allows the 'MM e-brake relocation bracket' to attach the factory cable to the 240sx caliper; Most people fabricate their own piece for this as it is fairly simple and cheap to do so. This allows the 240sx caliper to function as a parking brake. Worth reading THIS as well if your doing this swap (particularly post #18) Also, please use some spacing... Just having everything in one long paragraph makes it a little difficult to separate the different questions your asking. Edited November 24, 2011 by LanceVance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luseboy Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 1.) S13; S14 may work as well, but S13 is the 'standard' one that people use with the MM kit. 2.) You have to switch out the arms (bracket that attaches to E-brake cable) out from the left to the right and visa versa, which allows the 'MM e-brake relocation bracket' to attach the factory cable to the 240sx caliper; Most people fabricate their own piece for this as it is fairly simple and cheap to do so. This allows the 240sx caliper to function as a parking brake. Worth reading THIS as well if your doing this swap (particularly post #18) Also, please use some spacing... Just having everything in one long paragraph makes it a little difficult to separate the different questions your asking. Thank you for the reply! I will be on the lookout for s13 rear calipers then, thank you! Ok I understand the e-brake thing now. I didn't realize what the relocation bracket acctually did, as I said I thought it was to re-locate that part of the drum on the stock system. Makes sense now, thank you! I will read through that, thank you for the link, I think I totaly understand how this will work now, and I'm glad to know that it will. sorry about the spacing... I guess I hadn't thought to do that. thanks for your reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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