just trying to find out if FD calipers will bolt up with out any modifications
they do look like they will fit an FC....if they do well i guess i will go with the fds then

 

This has already been covered thouroughly, please do a search, there is no real benifit.

 

Except for being able to use the armada of upgraded two piece rotors thats available for the FD

 

Uh, no you can't - not without spacing the calipers off the FC hubs.
The FD rotors are bigger in diameter; they are NOT drop-in fit for FC.
The FD calipers are exact dimensions as FC 4-pistons, 5-lug brake calipers.


-Ted

 

so what does that mean Ted ??

 

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You can use the FD calipers on your FC, but not the FD rotors.

The FD calipers are lighter arnt they? Only real gain i can think of

-Jacob

 

you sure mel because i am about to get them so all i will have to do is buy fd brake pads

 

FD brake pads and FC 4-piston, 5-lug brake pads are all the same...at least for all aftermarket manufacturers.

The ONLY advantage the FD brake calipers have over the FC ones are they are a few grams lighter, cause they are made of a special squeeze-cast process.
I doubt you could tell the difference in unsprung weight.

The brake rotors are BIGGER for the FD, and they do NOT drop into the FC without modification, so I dunno why it was even mentioned that FD's run two-piece rotors - that's a moot point.

This has all been covered before if you did a thorough search...


-Ted

 

yeah i did but i didnt come out Ted , iam not going to use the rotors ...just the calipers.. so its easy fit

 

Sorry, thats what I was implying as a potential benefit.

 

so do they fit or no guys...lol

 

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...brake+calipers

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...brake+calipers

Brake calipers do swap in WITHOUT a problem, check the threads for what you REALLY need, in order to complete the swap

 

thanks i am buying them

 

So why are you doing this if there's no benefit? Unless you need to replace your calipers and can get FD ones cheaper, what's the point?

 

...because its JDM damnit!

 

and you can list it as a mod

 

Because 89-91 BASE NA came with single piston calipers, and if the cost of a FD calipers is the same as the T2 ones, which ones would you buy?

Yup, that is my story

 

But this isn't your story. The car in question is a Turbo.

 

If the ft ones are the sme as a Turbo, what about the rear? are they the same?

 

I could've sweared that he had a S5 NA