help a fellow nissan-ite!!

[zphreek]

hey guys, i have a 1972 240z that i am in the process of restoring/modifying. i now have it dirveable and have already upgraded the front brakes, now it is time to upgrade the rears from drums to discs. i know that a lot of you guys upgrade your brakes with calipers and rotors from different nissan models and was hoping someone has a set of rear calipers sitting around. if anyone has a set of rear calipers from a 1989-94 240sx they would be willing to part with cheap, let me know. [email protected]Thanks a lot!:ylsuper

[Onizuka]

try a autozone store, i bet you can get them really cheap.

[zphreek]

thanks, but the cheapest i have been able to find is $85 apeice for reman ones AND they have a $50 core charge....so i would be looking at $250 for a pair for the rear since i dont even have a set to turn in for cores.

[lessthanjakejohn]

Search for Z32 brake swap and then see who has gotten that for their 240sx, after you have done that, email them and see if they still have their calipers--thjats alot of work isn't it

[Infamous]

do you have a 240Sx or a 240Zx?!

[zphreek]

like i said in my first post, i have a 1972 240z. not a 240zx (no such thing) or a 1972 240sx (again, no such thing). and john i might end up finding out who has done the swap and emailing them individually but i thought i would try this first. thanks again guys!

[burgy240]

Good luck , all the guys I know only swapped the fonts otherwise I would be able to help. sorry I was also gonna agree with you that there never was a 240sx in '72.

[Syntax360]

must people just upgrade the front, don't they? it might be harder to find someone than u thought :-\

[zphreek]

ah, i wasnt sure if most guys left the rears stock or not. makes sense since they are already discs and 80% of the stopping power is in front anyway. i saw a guy on ebay the other day that was selling the complete brakes from a 98 240sx because he had upgraded them to the 300zx ones but i couldnt use those because they were the wrong year

[Infamous]

like i said in my first post, i have a 1972 240z. not a 240zx (no such thing) or a 1972 240sx (again, no such thing). and john i might end up finding out who has done the swap and emailing them individually but i thought i would try this first. thanks again guys!

:icesangel, sorry, but people were saying both , ok, so its a Z:D

[Onizuka]

you should look for people who have done the 5 lug conversion on a 89-94 240sx using the 300zx rear disk brake assymblies NOT the 300zx brake swap.

[themadscientist]

why not install 300ZX brakes? If you are going to "upgrade" the brakes then don't halfstep. need a Borg Warner T5 out of a 280ZX for your Z? I got one sitting in a garage in Virginia doing me no good. I also have a freshly overheuled P90 head and an LD28 crank there as well.

[zphreek]

to tell you the truth, i am not sure why they dont use the 300zx brakes! i was wandering the same thing myself. there must be a reason for not using them tho because i have never heard of a early Z with 300zx brakes on it. as far as i know there are only two "bolt on" rear disc upgrades for the early Z.

[themadscientist]

I've seen several, none in the states though. If I was doing up an old Z I would use 300ZX brakes all the way around.

[themadscientist]

http://www.geocities.com/Motor....htmlhere ya go, big brakse, not Z ones though

[zphreek]

madscientist; that is the exact setup i will have when i am finished:D i already have the fronts done and will soon have the rears. i guess i will kind of have 300zx brakes on my Z because i will have the front and rear rotors off of a 84 300zx...but the front calipers are from a toyo 4-runner and the rear calipers will be coming from a nissan 240sx.:ylsuper