AJC13B

These are going on my 1st gen RX7. They are FD RX7 calipers with Mercedes 300mm discs, or just under 12 inch discs.





New turbo is a Garrett GT35/40 with .70 cover and a 1.06 exhaust housing.





I pick the car up tomorrow with all the new gear!

NanaimoRx-7

I can't say anything else. Oh wait I can, bring that damn car to North America.

Keaponlaffen

I could take ya if you came here, with my '79 GS..... bone stock....




for a nice cruise around town

AJC13B

SoRRoW

What set up is that a GSLSE with S4 4 piston calipers?

I would like to know,I got a GSLSE front set waiting to be put on my car,and I can get some 4 piston TII calipers cheap..

I saw you got FD calipers,but what spindle and strut is that from

680RWHP12A

yah, im curious as to how you built that brake setup! mercedes disk?wtf??

Pele

iTrader: (28)

I said it before... The front brakes of the 1st gen look totally German. With the hub/rotor combo... It's probably the 1st gen spindle/strut assembly with different wheel bearings and races. We just gotta figure out what Mercedes has 4 x 114.3 bolt pattern.

Or perhaps it's an entire spindle and strut assembly from a Benz... But I'd think that'd be harder to bolt into the 1st gen chassis as you'd have to deal with height and weight differences. Aftermarket springs and shocks should solve that though...

Geez... There are so many ways that one can go through with that... Tell us AJC.

SoRRoW

Ok now tell me why you need to see what Benz has the 114.3 bolt pattern,They are not floating rotors

Redwood

Downright amazing. You continue to raise the bar above our heads. Damn Aussies and their cool cars...

MikeLMR

looking very nice, did you used to have standard brakes on that monster of car before hand then

MarkPerez

Right on steve, Are you saying that you've got all 4 corners or just the fronts ? thats pretty cool,,get-it ?
12 inch drilled rotors. And your haveing the work done for you ? and let me get this straight. did you gather
the calipers from a dead FD ? and the rotors from a dead benz ? and knew the 2 would go together ? or was it somebody else did it and you bought the parts from them ? One would have to be real ******* good to know cars that well to pull that off,,,mate Good score !
Your cars been down,or running ? oh that turbo things cool too Lol. Transmission still tight ? Did you see the thread on ladder bars and 4 links for 1st gens ? cool stuffs. g'day mate.

AJC13B

I know the pics don't work anymore. Something has happened to my site overnight and I have my guys looking into it now.

Okay, I went to the workshop I go to and asked for FD calipers and massive discs. The struts are standard S3 RX7 (GSL-SE) and the springs are lowered King springs.

I don't think any Mercedes has that stud pattern, the hubs would have been machined to have the 4 x 114.3 stud pattern?

I will get details this afternoon and plenty of photos for you all

MikeLMR - Yah, standard

mark - Just got those on the fronts. On the back I already have bigger single piston calipers and discs.

Car has been off the road since November getting engine freshen up, new turbo and new brakes And I get it back this afternoon!

Directfreak

iTrader: (2)

Very Nice Steve..

I am sure you will love the GT35/40,
As it it much more properly sized for street use.

As was stated before..You keep raising the bar.















You Bastard.

SoRRoW

Ddi the FD calipers bolt right up?I dont see a custom braket,how about 4 piston calipers from a TII?

What master cyl do you plan on running?

I got an idea..make these as an upgrade for the first gen guys,Ill be more than happy to be a guinnie pig on the first set

setzep

You can clearly see the custom bracket in one of the pictures, it's the black piece of metal that bolted to the caliper

Nice work Steve, I'm sure I'll be doing something similar in the future (with the brakes). First I need a set of wheels that can handle the bigger rotors though.

Looks good! Go kick some *** wth the new turbo!

AJC13B

Standard Mazda master cylinder will be fine

I know my guy would like to sell these, I'll get a price for the kit this afternoon when I pick the carup!

MIKE-P-28

iTrader: (1)

Stve you truely suck man, Im so jelious, if id lived in Australia Id come steal the car LOL

AJC13B

Dont be like that Mike!

REVHED

You been running the stocko brakes uptil now Steve?

*edit* Don't worry I realised you answered that question already.

Rotary13B1

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geeee.. and I thought I was on top of the world on Friday with new powerlsots that was just delivered....

*walks away with head down*

81Rex6port13b

damn i would love that brake set up... so has any one looked in to the second gen 4 piston on to a first gen with minor fabbing?

jeremy

iTrader: (1)

my question is when this badass 1st gen is going to be the "years" feature car. hell the one up there now doesn't even exist anymore.

AJC13B

Don't know Jeremy, but thanks for the vote

79+80+84_rx-7

"years" ?!!?!?!?


WTF is that?!

81Rex6port13b

he is saying that the featured car has been up there for ever and his car will change that.