cyrus Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Greetings, I want to temperarly run the stock discs 240z with my 1986 5 lug 300ZX hubs until I get my real (big) brakes. I want to check fitment etc...Do I just redrill the rotors and make a spacer to push the caliper out? or is there more to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tony78_280z Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Please suffer my newbie question LOL He must-a read this ->http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=99021 Sorry though I don't have an answer to your question. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I don't think that will work... and.. why? If youre gona have 5 lug 300zx hubs, why not run 300zx rotors!?!? and.. I can't see the point of moving the caliper out.. you're still gona have stock clamping, so it wouldn't be much of an upgrade.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I cannot see why this would not work as long as the rotor has a tight fit (hubcentric?) around the hub just as it does around the OEM hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I cannot see why this would not work as long as the rotor has a tight fit (hubcentric?) around the hub just as it does around the OEM hub. Thats why I thought it would NOT work.. I can't see the dimensions being the same between 240z rotors and 300zx, which are gona be thicker and vented.. Come to think of it, will the vented rotor even fit between the caliper on a 240z? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 will the vented rotor even fit between the caliper on a 240z? Short answer; No (not a 240 caliper). Now with that said, the fact that the 4 lug 300ZX rotor will fit correctly onto a 240 hub leads me to think that if nothing else changed except the drilling for a 5 lug pattern, the 5 lug 300ZX rotor (Z31) should fit snuggly as well. I only threw that consideration out earlier because I have no experience in swapping the 5 lug hubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsunlover Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 well neither do I to tell the truth.. but I was under the impresion the 5 lug rotors were a difrent diameter.. I seem to recall a previous post here stating 'there isn't enough 'meat' on the rear hubs to drill out to a 5 bolt patern' and this leads me to believe the 5 lugs would be bigger than the 4 lugs (diameter wise) but hey, I could be wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrus Posted February 20, 2005 Author Share Posted February 20, 2005 Well, I am just trying to put my cobra wheels on and drive. I know The coilovers need to be on but I did not want to do the brake work yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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