Idaho Tuner's 240/|SR Build thread

[s14tan]

I thought your car was a 5 lugger?

[idahotuner]

nope 4 lugs for me.

[s14tan]

What brakes are you going with?..

[idahotuner]

i am doing an upgrade for stock sized rotors and new brake pads

[s14tan]

Stock calipers?

[idahotuner]

yea stock calipers. for now

[duffman1278]

Get some Z32's man, you can pick them up for a pretty good deal.

[idahotuner]

well i have a 4 lug. and i read you had to change you brake master cylender. and stuff. if you can do it with only rotors and calipers. and line. then i might. i was thinkign abotua q45 brake upgrade.

[s14tan]

I'm going wit a z32 when I get some cash.

You should at lease get some Q's.

[duffman1278]

You don't "need" the Z32 BMC, but people say it makes a BIG difference, I'm gonna stick with the 240 BMC for the meantime while I save up.

[idahotuner]

i dont know i think i will stick with my stock brakes for now. lol. i will maeka decsion on that later

[FastasEF]

Stock brakes would work fine unless you plan on track daying, (which I don't think you do 'cause you mentioned that you just want to drag/street with it). Just get a set of slotted rotors/ATE Super Blue fluid/Hawk HPS pads and you'll be set. You could get it all for under $300, and the rotors are Brembo's.

Unless you wanna be flashy in which case you could pick up a set of Project Mu rotors, but they are $50 bucks more, (which is less than I thought), and they have free shipping, lol.

[mrgreeneyes]

Idaho, if you search around patiently enough, you may end up like me and find MINT Q45 calipers/brackets/rotors for $10 in a junkyard... yes, ten bucks.. and then about $15 for a seal rebuild kit and a few hours of your time... and new pads/resurface the rotors... and youll still end up under $75-80 for a brake upgrade. food for thought man, hands down the best upgrade/dollar i have ever made... heck, best upgrade on my old hatch period... now my coupe gets em.

[idahotuner]

Stock brakes would work fine unless you plan on track daying, (which I don't think you do 'cause you mentioned that you just want to drag/street with it). Just get a set of slotted rotors/ATE Super Blue fluid/Hawk HPS pads and you'll be set. You could get it all for under $300, and the rotors are Brembo's.

Unless you wanna be flashy in which case you could pick up a set of Project Mu rotors, but they are $50 bucks more, (which is less than I thought), and they have free shipping, lol.

yea thisis waht i was looking into. for street drivign stock sized rotors are fine. i am thinking on brembo drill and slotted off ebay. with axxis break pads.and possible ss brake lines. for an upgrade.

my dad did this on his mr2 and it turned out pretty damn nice.

[offroadbob]

have you checked out fastbrakes.com??Thats where I got my rotors from and I have no complaints he even has a wilwood brake kit its def pretty nice. I met the guy in person, pretty cool guy.

just my 2 pennys oh yea q45 brakes are NICEEEE

[idahotuner]

jiggy has the q45 upgrade for cheeper. but ebay is the way to go i think

[offroadbob]

Yea I got the calipers off ebay and then bought the rotors from him. He only charged me 200 for all 4 if i can remember right it was almost that for stock rotors. From csk performance rotors are a benjamin each so i think it was a pretty good deal

[idahotuner]

i can get brembo rotors and axxis brake pads. that are stock botl on for 230 shipped of ebay

[idahotuner]

so guys waht is the difference between a sprung clutch and an unsprung clutch

[offroadbob]

the sprung clutch has springs to lessen the harchnesss of engagement. where as a unsprung clutch doesn't.

unsprung sprung

hope that helps

I found the pics from thishttp://www.m24x.com/clutch101.htmlots of info

[idahotuner]

hey thanks, i found that when i searched as well. i should have done alittle research before iordered mine. cuasei got an unsprung kit. casue it was less expensive. but w./e i will live with it. my car is AC less and PS less. i can stand a little clutch chatter, and lsd chatter.

[offroadbob]

eh as long as you don't live in an area that has lots of stop and go traffic. my buddies evo had a dual disc unsprung clutch. Talk about a pain in the 4ss in downtown traffic. It was on or off basically if you tried to slip it everyone looked at you like you never drove a car before ahahaa because of all the jerkiness.

[FastasEF]

I wouldn't get cross drilled. Slotted/dimpled but never cross drilled. Some people have luck with cross drilled but they don't do any hard driving so it's ok. But some people I know bought 'em and they cracked.

http://www.bmwsociety.com/arch...r.jpgh ... rotor1.jpg

Just something to look at and think about when doing brakes.

[codyace]

1. Stock brakes, with normal complete chinese carquest rotors, and upgraded pads will work just fine. I don't mean EBC Green Stuff by upgarded pads, I mean Carbotech (Bobcats or Panther +

2. I think Q45 is a waste of time. Lack of good pads owns jooo. Stock with good pads, or z32 are the only real options in my book.

3. Regular full rotors > * (unless you're racing an enduro or the sort). They dissapate heat, and chew good pads all to hell. They do not stop any faster or slower either.

4. F brembo blanks.They are no better nor worse than Carquest/Napa blanks.

[mrgreeneyes]

true about the Q's not having a large pad selection... but i do love them compared to stock. they feel like a more solid stop. feels like a newer car almost

[idahotuner]

well for just street driving. and waht i will be doing. i think stock sized brakes will be fine. i thouight bremos where high quality brakes! the Q's would be nice. i am not sure. i will wait until i have to makea desicion on that . i suppose. after i get my parts on tuesday. the big deal will be getting the motor back in the car. so i still have to get some sensors installed in the oil pan for the oil temp. and i need to get the pyrometer bung welded on to. this week

[offroadbob]

Yea I too have seen cross drilled rotors crack! My buddies mustang are having that problem right now. I have drilled in the rear only of my car since it only is part of the braking load. My front are slotted only cause i was worried about the holes cracking.

[idahotuner]

yea. i think i am kinda ricy. becasue i know drilled and sloted rotors crack. but they look good. but i wont be driving my car super hard like on the track and such. so we will see. i cant wait for tuesday. i need to get my bungs welded on.

so for assembling my turbo and exhasut manifold, and turbo extension. should i use just reg thread lock or what

[two4dsxtuner]

is ur car done yet?i wanna see it

[idahotuner]

is ur car done yet?i wanna see it

haha. if it was, dont you think that i woudl have pictures up on here of it