q45 front caliper + z32 rear calipers?

[ska69]

Hi everyone,

I always wanted to do a brake upgrade for my s13, and have been gathering required parts for the job...so at this point I have:

1. new q45 front calipers
2. new z32 rear calipers
3. 15/16 z31 BMC.
4. new q45 front rotors
5. new z32 rear rotors

the question is - will this setup work?

so any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

- Tim

[compactfean]

Hells yeah. The only thing I can think of is are you five lug or did you drill them to 4 lug? You have the conversion lines for the rear and how about the ebrake shoes and cables (or go hydro)?

[ska69]

the brake bias would be good?

oh, sorry, decided to leave that info out of the message, so not to confuse anyone

I have a 200sx s13 - European version of the s13 hatch, and I have drum e-brakes, exactly same as z32 e-brakes. so no hydro for me (although I have 240sx front & rear calipers laying somewhere as well).

rotors are re-drilled to 4 lug pattern.

rear lines for z32 calipers are agency power conversion lines.

fronts are stock oem replacement.

[compactfean]

Sounds like you are ready to go. I think the proportion will be perfect .. I've seen z32 front calipers used on all four with a manual adjusting proportion valve.

[ska69]

what concerns me is that I have never seen such setup.

usually people either go z32 all round, or front q45 stock rears.

and keeping in mind this is not a drift car but a dd, I'd prefer the front to lock up before the rear.

are you positive on this being a good setup?

my other option was to leave stock 200sx rear 1 piston calipers (resurface rotors, rebuild calipers, powdercoat, new hardware, etc) but it just seems to be expensive.

[compactfean]

All though the z32 rears are dual piston. The pad surface is small. Im 100 percent sure your rears will not lock up before the fronts.

[ska69]

thanks for confirming that

[youngun21a]

I rock front q45 and stock rears and have no complians..fade is minimum and stoping distance is excellent..and have not have any problems locking them...

[ska69]

that's provided you have stock rear 240sx calipers. not z32 rears.
thanks for the input though.

[OutToWinPAHC]

I see no issue other then needing a bias adjuster.

[ska69]

Wilwood brake bias adjuster will do?

I was hoping that the aforementioned z31 BMC would help me pertain a good bias, smthng like 68/32