iaconsultants Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Just a note you all, I just did a complete 4 disk heavy duty front disc brakes along with Motorsports rear brake conversion. They state that you need to use a 240Z emergency brake cable to replace the ones in the 280Z and I think the 260Z also. Well you don't need to replace the entire cable at all. You simply need to get the ends of the 240Z emergency brake cable. Next you make a small cut through to the brake cable catch area. Once that is done spread the metal apart a little, insert the 280Z brake cable end and use a pair of plyers or vice grips to squeeze the metal you seperated apart before. This works well and then you simply need to adjust the park brake adjustments on the cable "U" side and the park brake lever. It worked very well for me and I did not have to deal with spending 130 dollars for a 240Z brake cable or removing my 280Z cable from the tunnel area. I did have to remove the mounts for the cable behind the rearend but I just remounted the cable before the halfsahfts and out of the way. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Motorsports Ltd Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Just a clarification note, the post above is not referring to our Modern Motorsports Ltd. rear disk setup. A few of our customers were surprised by this post and thought they had some changes to make......not so 70-78Z ebrake cables as is all work fine with our setup. I assume above post is referring to a 280ZX caliper setup, a few have asked me pros/cons vs. the two, here's an older link of our with some information about each system, http://www.modern-motorsports.com/xtrainfo/reardisk.htm the above link is still active from within our webshop rear disk package, http://www.modern-motorsports.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2&PHPSESSID=7fd5cf23457124afe8779a120d367c04 No intent to hijack your thread iaconsultants, I just got a few direct emails in short order and wanted to help clarify the q's I received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-ya Posted April 16, 2004 Share Posted April 16, 2004 Ross I think he may have been refering to the MSA kit, which I think uses 280ZX calipers. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaconsultants Posted April 17, 2004 Author Share Posted April 17, 2004 Yes I was talking about the MSA Motorsports brake setup for the 280Z's. Just wanted others to know there are options to buying the 130 240Z brake cable and also making the conversion much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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