4 piston brakes?
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4 piston brakes?
today i got 88 rx7 front end wit 4 piston brakes they are 5 lug i own a 88 rx7 se with singal piston what all do i need for the change over im goin to run in IT class will this be legal and who makes the best SS brake lines that can handle racing temps? also will the rear brakes from that can help out or should i keep what i have my wheels now are 4 lug so i would have to run 2 diff wheels but will they really help me out for IT racing?
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Jeez man, use a period and comma once in a while..
Ok ok, let's see if I can deciper this.
Yes, you can use the 4 piston brakes.
However, it means transferring rotors, calipers, and HUBS from the other car. The rear is kind of a pain to swap, but you have to swap them all if you swap the front. Can't create a model of car, and no RX-7 came with 5 front and 4 rear IT won't let you do that.
The SS lines, no biggie, new rubber lines are ok too. I run MazdaComp's (now Mazdaspeed) SS lines, the ones from Mazdatrix will work fine too.
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Ok ok, let's see if I can deciper this.
Yes, you can use the 4 piston brakes.
However, it means transferring rotors, calipers, and HUBS from the other car. The rear is kind of a pain to swap, but you have to swap them all if you swap the front. Can't create a model of car, and no RX-7 came with 5 front and 4 rear IT won't let you do that.
The SS lines, no biggie, new rubber lines are ok too. I run MazdaComp's (now Mazdaspeed) SS lines, the ones from Mazdatrix will work fine too.
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Hawk Blue. Some say they're rough on rotors but I haven't had a problem. Ran 6 weekends, two schools, and two track days on my first set of fronts. Had some pad left but I replaced them to restore balance with the rear. As the pads wear thinner you'll get less pressure at wheel. After those six weekends there was a slight pad groove. Since the rotors were true and bedded for the same compound I didn't bother to turn them just replaced the pads. Mazdaspeed has the best prices.
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As the pads wear thinner you'll get less pressure at wheel.
As the pads wear thinner you'll get less pressure at wheel.
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Originally posted by C. Ludwig
Hawk Blue..... Mazdaspeed has the best prices.
Hawk Blue..... Mazdaspeed has the best prices.
Mazdaspeed currently sells the Blues for $125. I beat that all day long. PM or email me for details.
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I got the whole rear end and subframe today. It was only $40 so in all i got a whole 5 lug for $60. I plan on gettin all new calipers and rotors along with new bushings ect... Who did u guys get your bushing kits from i see mazdatrix sells them. Do you know of any others? Thanks...
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theres an entire topic on converting to 4 piston brakes in the first gen section right now. the post is titled "front brake upgrades" or something like that. theres a site that explains how to do it with pictures.
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Originally posted by yallgotboost
I got the whole rear end and subframe today. It was only $40 so in all i got a whole 5 lug for $60. I plan on gettin all new calipers and rotors along with new bushings ect... Who did u guys get your bushing kits from i see mazdatrix sells them. Do you know of any others? Thanks...
I got the whole rear end and subframe today. It was only $40 so in all i got a whole 5 lug for $60. I plan on gettin all new calipers and rotors along with new bushings ect... Who did u guys get your bushing kits from i see mazdatrix sells them. Do you know of any others? Thanks...
I used Energy Suspension bushings in front and installed the ISC Racing trailing arms in the rear. I will use the spare set of fronts I just got to convert to Delrin from Mazdaspeed. They seem to have less bind than the Energy Suspension pieces. The ISC arms are sold on an exchange basis and incorporate spherical bearings. When installed, they have virtually no bind at all! ISC and Mazdaspeed also sell the Delrin toe eliminator bushings and subframe bushings.
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Uhh, no....
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Uhh, no....
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Ever run a car with pressure gauges on the front and rear circuits? As the pads wear the balance changes. Since the fronts wear a bit more quickly than the rears I've needed to dial a bit more bias toward the front to maintain balance. There is a slight pressure difference with the thinner pads. Have no idea why but have heard and seen others with the same senario. The difference would be undetectable on a street car and only noticeable in braking balance at the limit and not really overall braking potential.
The only theory I could come up with and this is really just a WAG is that as the pad wears the volume of the caliper increases. And as such it will take a longer pedal stroke to create the same amount of pressure as you would get with a fresh pad. You may still have the capability to produce the same ultimate pressure but you will receive different pressures at the front and rear for a given amount of pedal travel as the pads wear at uneven rates. Same idea behind the need to change pads on both sides when doing a brake job. Don't want one wheel out braking the other.
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The only theory I could come up with and this is really just a WAG is that as the pad wears the volume of the caliper increases. And as such it will take a longer pedal stroke to create the same amount of pressure as you would get with a fresh pad. You may still have the capability to produce the same ultimate pressure but you will receive different pressures at the front and rear for a given amount of pedal travel as the pads wear at uneven rates. Same idea behind the need to change pads on both sides when doing a brake job. Don't want one wheel out braking the other.
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I have done the same swap. In my case I drilled the front rotors to accept the 4 bolt pattern. I left the rears as is mainly to lessen rear bias. This works better in auto-x in my experience.
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The only theory I could come up with and this is really just a WAG is that as the pad wears the volume of the caliper increases. And as such it will take a longer pedal stroke to create the same amount of pressure as you would get with a fresh pad.
The only theory I could come up with and this is really just a WAG is that as the pad wears the volume of the caliper increases. And as such it will take a longer pedal stroke to create the same amount of pressure as you would get with a fresh pad.
I do appreciate that you're reporting something that you have observed, though. Perhaps there is another phenomenon at work here?
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I expect that, with less pad material, more heat would be imparted to the fluid because there is less pad material to absorb the heat and because the pistons are closer to the source.
Just a thought, I don't have any data to suggest that this would be significant enough to explain the phenomenon.
Just a thought, I don't have any data to suggest that this would be significant enough to explain the phenomenon.
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Originally posted by racerjason
Great thread, anyone have a contact/url for ISC. I could be interested in those arms mentioned above... Thanks in advance
Great thread, anyone have a contact/url for ISC. I could be interested in those arms mentioned above... Thanks in advance
You will either have to send him your arms for exchange, or see if he has a core charge you can pay to save the time/effort/cost of shipping your arms to Florida. I was lucky, I just called him before a race weekend and picked them up at the track.
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Originally posted by racedriver
Ludwig my friend
I think you are totally wrong.
It sounds like the thin pads are transfering more heat into your brakefluid and boiling it.
Ludwig my friend
I think you are totally wrong.
It sounds like the thin pads are transfering more heat into your brakefluid and boiling it.
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It could simply be that the friction of the pads goes down as you approach the backing plate, causing the bias change. The pressures should be the same no matter how thick the pads are. You will get more heat transfer to the fluid as the pads get thinner.
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