Guest koliver Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I have a 73 240z and am getting a set of brembo calipers for all four wheels. I was wondering if anyone has already installed a set and would be able to help me figure out what kind of hardware I will need to obtain to make them bolt up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I have a 73 240z and am getting a set of brembo calipers for all four wheels. I was wondering if anyone has already installed a set and would be able to help me figure out what kind of hardware I will need to obtain to make them bolt up. i see this is your first post, so i'll be gentle. become intimately familiar with the search function, it will provide more information than you need. i have found that hybrid is an absolutely amazing resource with many, many members that are much smarter than i-so i simply, search, read [over and over] learn and then...do. if, and only if you do not find what you need then post your questions. i'm confident you'll see that the paths have been blazed for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Dave, I have to say, I think that even with a search, he won't find anyone who has done brembos. What would really help in his quest though, is what car the brembo's were designed for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I don't know that knowing the donor vehicle will help much either. What needs to happen is that the rotors need to be made to fit onto the hubs (either bolt on or slip on) and then the calipers need to be made to bolt on so that they fit the rotors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buZy Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 I see you live in AZ.... Dave's brake kits are Awesome! http://www.arizonazcar.com/brake.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest koliver Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 thanks for the site. I had heard about it from someone else, but had forgotten. I already have the brembo calipers. So even though that kit looks great i only need hub/rotor stuff now. I know I could custom fab some but I was hoping to find something simpler. And I had tried to find something about brembo install, but I was getting kind of tired of looking through all the threads with one quick blurb about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryb Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I just placed my order for the AZC setup. Gonna go with 6 pot front and 4 pot rear. Why....because I can! Hope they dont dissapoint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 koliver, Its a tricky business as jon has alluded to. If the calipers are designed for a rotor size that might be pushing it for the wheels you run I'd be checking that first. After you're sure that the caliper will fit under the wheel at the right distance from the hub to suit the disc size it was designed for, then you can check that the distance from the hub, and try to find a disc with the correct dimensions. It might be a case of writing it all down and going and visiting an auto parts store and sitting down with their brake parts catalogue for half an hour. What brembos are they? OEM or after market? Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeaut Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I screwed around a while ago with Brembos from a Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo, don't know if you got that in the US. Had to jump through some major hoops to get them to fit as in they ended up on the other side of the hub - used 260Z hubs on my 240Z. Would also be a pita every time I needed to change the rotors as they required machining to fit on the back of the hub. I was planning on swapping to Z31 5 stud hubs and was looking at Honda Legend rotors (305x28mm 5x114.3 studs) as being a possible front fit, and the extra space could've meant I'd've got the calipers back on the correct side of the hub. In the end it all went down the pan, sold the calipers on Ebay for more than I paid anyway, I'd go Arizona Z Wilwoods if I were to do it again. Other pics here: http://www.zclub.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=896 Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 That's a good point Rob. Get stuff that fits right on, unless you have the tools to do the machining. Brakes are wear items and I don't have a lathe, so I personally wouldn't consider one of these swaps where the pilot hole in the rotor has to be made larger or the OD of the rotor has to be cut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBeaut Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Yeah, it would've been a complete pain, not only did the bore need enlarging but also the mounting holes drilled accurately, so definitely unlikely to happen in the average home workshop, so more time and expense just to replace the discs. Looking back at the pics though, it does look pretty cool. Good job I didn't take a pic of the other side where I stuck the brembo label on upsidedown like a total 'tard Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHeadV8 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Looks like a great fit Rob, having read the story and many like it, I am simply going for Dave Epstein's kit - am too dumb to take the hard route, his stuff fits and works so that is good enough for me Plus the fact he is a cool guy to buy from, always has time to help. Got his suspension kit the other day and was seriously impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONZTER Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I used AP calipers and rotors on my project. Everything was custom and nothing stock would work. Here are some pics of the custom mounts and bell. It is not cheap or easy, especially with post mounts. Check out my gallery for more pics. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 that is increadibly bitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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