300zx front brake conversion questions, i searched first please help me out!!

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jrb92se
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ok guys ive searched for awhile but havent found much just stuff for sale. i just have some basic questions about the coversion, my car is a 92 se coupe with an rb swap im rocking four lug and dont have the coin to convert .i got the brakes from a n/a 91 300zx, i know the calipers are supposed to just bolt on but what about the master cylinder should i connect all three s13 brake lines to the left side of it cause it came with one of the openings blocked off and on the stock m/c they are all connected. the calipers are the aluminum ones i know that but i dont know what size rotor to get, should i just get rotors for a 91 n/a z and have them redrilled to four lug? if there is a thread that will explain this to me in detail please link. sorry for the noobish post, my car is explained in my avatar to the left.


jrb92se
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bone_stock_240
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This one should help. They have lots of info and crazy amounts of pictures with the swap. If this doesn't help, I don't know what will

http://importnut.net/300zxbrakeswap.htm

180fan
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yeah they bolt on with different brake lines. if you're using a z31 bmc, they'll all line up just perfectly instead of using a z32 bmc otherwise you'll need to switch a fitting and what not. take a ruler to the pistons. You'll see 26mm or 30mm after you take a ruler to them. with the 26mm you'll need 280x26mm rotors, 280x30mm for the 30mm calipers. I had a hell of a time finding a shop that would do the drilling on 5 lug rotors to 4 lug locally (they all stated liability issues, I guess someone drilled a rotor and when the part failed they sued) so I went with the 30mm calipers that I bought new locally and some project mu rotors that were made in 4 lug but with the 30mm caliper in mind. The 30mm rotors are alot easier to find in 4 lug. I looked for a couple weeks and said 'ah eff it' and went with the 30's. Do you have wheels that will clear the 26 or 30mm calipers?

jrb92se
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my girlfriends father owns a machine shop he says he can drill the 5 lug 26mm rotors to 4 lug; the calipers are the 26 mm. but if project mu makes four lug rotors for the z calipers give me some part numbers or maybe a link. i have drifz 18 inch 506's with a 35 offset i believe


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