wondering if anyone put g37 calipers on a 240

Post by **nightsauce** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:29 pm

i know its probably overkill but has anyone ever put g37 calipers on a 240? They're huge!!! only 4 pistons but huge

Post by **killernoodle** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:40 pm

Piston count has nothing to do with braking torque.

Pad area, piston area, rotor diameter (outside and swept area) do.

For instance, if you have 2 calipers, one of them is a 2" piston diameter, single piston sliding caliper and the other is a 4 piston caliper with 1" diameter pistons, the single piston caliper will actually end up having 2x the clamping force of the 4 piston caliper. On the same size rotor, the sliding caliper would have 2x the braking torque.

That being said, if the outside of that caliper is an indicator on the size of the pistons, I think they are probably too large for the 240. You would definitely end up with some crazy front brake bias that would make your stopping distance longer.

Not to mention you probably need at least 19s to tuck those calipers.

Post by **VanIsleS14** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:25 pm

nightsauce wrote:i know its probably overkill but has anyone ever put g37 calipers on a 240? They're huge!!! only 4 pistons but huge

And I thought the gold brembos were sexy...

Post by **OutToWinPAHC** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:36 am

I have been seeing this at red lights and such and have been wondering because they are massive.

Post by **nightsauce** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:52 am

as other people said...you'll need some massive wheels to fittem

Post by **nightsauce** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:56 am

killernoodle wrote:Piston count has nothing to do with braking torque.

Pad area, piston area, rotor diameter (outside and swept area) do.

For instance, if you have 2 calipers, one of them is a 2" piston diameter, single piston sliding caliper and the other is a 4 piston caliper with 1" diameter pistons, the single piston caliper will actually end up having 2x the clamping force of the 4 piston caliper. On the same size rotor, the sliding caliper would have 2x the braking torque.

That being said, if the outside of that caliper is an indicator on the size of the pistons, I think they are probably too large for the 240. You would definitely end up with some crazy front brake bias that would make your stopping distance longer.

Not to mention you probably need at least 19s to tuck those calipers.

pistons are tiny in comparison to the caliper

Post by **numbnuts240** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:37 am

i would imagine a bracket is required to bring the caliper away from the hub. similar to what people do when the want to use z33 track rotors with z32 calipers.

Post by **OutToWinPAHC** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:38 am

Nightsauce... do me a favor, unbolt a caliper and see if they come close to fitting your brembo brackets.

Post by **chaosli** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:42 am

i imaging it would cost a pretty penny for those calipers probably enough to go with the wilwood setup

you should try using the GTR calipers THOSE R MASSIVE

Post by **nightsauce** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:47 am

the brakes are 230 + shipping each on ebay.

Post by **chaosli** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:34 am

wow nice price put it on and tell us how it feels

Post by **nightsauce** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:50 am

chaosli wrote:wow nice price put it on and tell us how it feels

lol im not forking out the cash for those

Post by **troskinatior** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:29 pm

nightsauce wrote:
lol im not forking out the cash for those

but dont you have them?

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