ok ok don't attack me for wanting to do this to my 7 but i have an 82' GS (disc in the front drums in the rear) and all i want to do is just upgrade the front brakes (because that where most of your stopping power comes from and they look mad tight) anywyas thats all i want to upgrade (i'll keep my drums they work great) but i can't find any type of upgrade kit for just the GS model...only for the GSL-SE model, if anyone knows where i can get them can you tell me or maybe i can use that GSL kit on mine (but what do i have to do in order for them to work)?

 

I'm suprised this hasn't occured to anyone yet.

If they use the same caliper in the rear, what happens to the parking brake?

 

Onlyonthurs - They make it in non SE bolt pattern too, thier original kit is that way. same $1500

Pele - you lose the parking brake, its for race apps. you could mount the stock caliper on it just for the parking brake thou, seen a few do it.

 

Ah. No e-brake wouldn't pass annual safety inspections here...

I wasn't planning on getting it any time soon, just figuring out how far I can go while still keeping the car street legal.

 

I want to run 22" wheels and put VERY large spacers to get the wheels outside the well completely (thinking 12" custom). This would give the RX-7 a formula one race car look. It would also allow me to run a much larger brake. Has anyone else done this?

 

big bump, back from the dead!!

 

Holy crap this is old!!! and did i really say "MAD TIGHT" in that old post wow i feel retarded. Anyways i would still love to do this upgrade to the 7. 1500 bucks is kinda steep but defiently worth it.

 

holy crap 22" wheels on a FB?!?!?!? thats a little excessive don't cha think?

 

1 those are fugging beautiful
2 your breakes are only as good as your tires I have yet to see someone that has tires out performing their stoch breakes. Our stock breaks with some hawk pads are amazing especially with some hoosiers
3 I wish someone made a kit that kept the 4x110. I love my rims too much to depart for better braking.

 

22's huh as onlyonthurs day would say thats "MAD TIGHT" LOLOLOLOLOL

 

Lol!!^^

 

Formula One cars have 13" wheels.

 

I ran into some pretty hefty pad fade last spring in the Hocking Hills area of Ohio. Very fun roads, lots of elevation change. Annihilated a set of pads and my front tires in under 100 miles. Also annihilated a transmission from all of the shifting

 

 

I went to their website, but it no longer has an online store. Did they stop selling the brake kits?

 

I know this is ancient thread but I totally get a kick out of this.

One of my customers is at $40k and counting. (He keeps giving us more stuff to do to his car...) Another was at $16k and he's bringing it back next year to have us go through his engine again. Lots, LOTS, get work done in the $8k range.

Another one probably *has spent* $5k with us just in regular maintenance and such in the past couple years, including a year where his car was being rebuilt after a traffic accident (insurance picked up the tab, and it was actually in *better* shape than before, that isn't counted since it wasn't out-of-pocket) not including the initial cost of the vehicle,which had to have been a lot given how tricked out it was/is. He just bought a "beater" Chevelle that we're doing $2k in basic work on, just in brake upgrade and the necessary wheel/tire package to clear discs. That's *before* we do anything about the grotty 307/Powerglide combo. Or farm out the bodywork.

$2k on a weekend fun-car is a total pittance anymore.

 

Those are real nice

 

best idea ever.

Can't wait to see this hahaha

 

I don't think they ever had a online store. Just call or email.

 

I did have bad fade on the street. Had a compleatly new/rebuilt brake system with Nitto 555r tires on. Scared the craap out of me how ez they faided.

My new set up never fades. I tired:-) (on a track of course)

 

You did, of course, follow the recommended break-in procedure on your "compleatly new/rebuilt brake system" right?

 

I'm remembering why I don't post on here any more.

If you want to think I did my brakes wrong that fine. I just wanted to go beyond what a stock system could do.

 

And your more than welcome to upgrade whatever your skills and budget will allow!

My point was that is is very easy to experience fade on a brand new setup... especially if both pads and rotors are new. Any molded brake pad has binders in the compound that boil out over the first few stops and cause fade... thats why a careful break in is important for consistant stops down the road.

That's it man... no slight on the brake setup...