Rear brake upgrade

[Nabeel]

I have read about upgrading rear brakes for 1g & gvr4. Not much options and the e-brake make it harder. Some did convert to 3k gt, Evo brembo, Cobra or 96 corvette. All required brackets & major work. Also mostly telling the 1g rear brakes are good enough.
In my case I realized a gab between front & rear braking after fitting the 3k gt front brakes. So I need to find solution.
I am thinking to do upgrade to better brake lines & yellow stuff pads at rear. And I am still not sure if that will make any differences.

Any suggestions? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worthy.gif

 

[citymunky]

1st gen 3000gt vr4 brake master cyclinder or Infiniti Q45 master brake cyclinder can help.

 

[Nabeel]

Master cylinder includes the booster? Is that bolt on or require any modification?
And will that effect both front & rear or only rear?

 

[citymunky]

Curtis wrote a thread about this. Master cylinder upgrade time. Done now with pictures

I was going to this route until I pick up a set of rims that will not clear 3000GT brakes, which is why I sold my set. I still have that Q45 master cylinder in the garage.

 

[Nabeel]

Interesting... The point is even if I did master cylinder upgrade' I still have gap in breaking between the front & rear. I am looking for rear upgrade to match the breaking with the front 3k gt brakes. If no big change if I used better pads & better brake lines' Then I may have to find at least good calipers add them to old rotors while the old calipers will be used for e-break only. I am thinking about GTR R32/R33 rear calipers or evo if available.

 

[RedTwo]

fit adjustable brake balance valves to the rear lines?

 

[Nabeel]

I just come to know that adjustable brake balance valves are exist. Do you think that can increase the rear braking? Or only reducing?

 

[curtis]

I bought one of these at a swap meet for mine. Click me


The Q-45 seems to give more front and with me going to the ron's brackets, cobra rotors and Vette calipers, figured this couldn't hurt.


The vette calipers have smaller pistons than the camaro ones so closer to the factory size and bias. With you having 3000gt brakes and 4 pistons your way off from the factory settings.

Do you still have the abs working?

I'll try and find it but theres an old thread about the camaro ws6 brakes and rons brackets that explain all this and the math involved. Be back in a few....

 

[curtis]

click me....not the one I'm thinking of but a good bit of knowledge in the thread

 

[Nabeel]

I am running non ABS setup.

 

[Nabeel]

I find those caliper at the junkyard from Mercedes S350 I think. It seems good upgrade as it's original rotors has almost similar thickness as our cars. I still not sure how a bracket could be made to mount the new calipers. That will be measured later. I bought them chap. about $110. I may keep the original caliper for e-break only.

 

[Nabeel]

Conclusion

It is impossible to clear for bigger calipers without having big rotors. I can keep the original rear calipers for e-break only by fabricating crescent style brackets.

I may do it one day if I got biggir rotors. At least one or inch bigger.

 

[pagosadsm]

Try to install 2 calipers on the rear trailing arms,their is no room. I have PBR calipers on the front and rear. I am the person that has the 96 corvette rear calipers and rotor on my 92 Talon. I sent the plans to Jay Racing for the rears. The rear rotors are 12'x3/4 vented.
Rick

 

[FCR]

"Try to install 2 calipers on the rear trailing arms,their is no room"

 

[pagosadsm]

Good luke building this set up. With my fabbing skills I did't think it could be done. I had a lot of problems installing the Corvette brakes. Please post photos when you build your brakes. I have photos on DSM tuners in my gallery.
Rick

 

[Nabeel]

Will post if I ever make it. I need big rotors any how. And till now I don't know what rotors will fit perfectly.

 

[pagosadsm]

go down to the parts house and ask for a book of brake rotors by measerments. Research all of the rotors to find a match. That what I did and dicovered the 96 corvette.
Rick

 

[Nabeel]

That is a good start Rick.

 

[feil8409]

Keep us posted, very interested to see if those will work.

 

[RedTwo]

Jump on the DBA website (I think the Australian website has a little more info than the USA one) and download their catalogue, it has full measurements of their OEM and upgrade brake rotors.