My New FD Evo X Brakes project on 17" wheels
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My New FD Evo X Brakes project on 17" wheels
Ok here is the deal,
Im from Chile South America , so I have to imports everything from the USA to make this possible.
Even thou I made it and Im F happy about it.
I have the 5zigen wheels that have a extra space for big callipers.
I bought some evo 4 to 9 front used calipers on ebay. then project Mu brake pads and Evo X Racing brakes rotors 348mm.
One pic , explain more than a thou words , so here we go....
Im from Chile South America , so I have to imports everything from the USA to make this possible.
Even thou I made it and Im F happy about it.
I have the 5zigen wheels that have a extra space for big callipers.
I bought some evo 4 to 9 front used calipers on ebay. then project Mu brake pads and Evo X Racing brakes rotors 348mm.
One pic , explain more than a thou words , so here we go....
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Looks like its not a big deal , but i spend a lots of hours design and measuring and dealing with the brackets , actually I made 4 of them , from aviation aluminium.
Still the wheels get very tight in the inside spokes , so i get some material off the calipers , to make them fit.
Now i have everything installed and the right wheel sound a little big when i turn hard to the left , so i have to take a little bit more from the caliper , but at the outside is so could that i cant (-1 celcius).
I just want to share this info cause I spend more than $1600 without knowing if they will fit , but they fit!!!!!!! So i can't be more happy with this project.
248mm rotors on 17" wheels on my fd!!! 4 pistons brembo calipers
Still the wheels get very tight in the inside spokes , so i get some material off the calipers , to make them fit.
Now i have everything installed and the right wheel sound a little big when i turn hard to the left , so i have to take a little bit more from the caliper , but at the outside is so could that i cant (-1 celcius).
I just want to share this info cause I spend more than $1600 without knowing if they will fit , but they fit!!!!!!! So i can't be more happy with this project.
248mm rotors on 17" wheels on my fd!!! 4 pistons brembo calipers
Last edited by rexset; 07-05-11 at 03:06 PM. Reason: add pic
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I think that probably cause the wheel have a lot of space for calipers , even thou they fit but very very tight.
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Of course , that's why i made it bullet proof!!
I have installed so many AP Kits, Brembo , Project Mu , Wilwood etc etc etc.
And I made the brakets even more bigger and stronger , believe me that it was not a easy job.
Im 100% sure that they will perform excelent.
Just a little more than i was looking for , for my goal is 400whp , and i need to stop that on the track....
I have installed so many AP Kits, Brembo , Project Mu , Wilwood etc etc etc.
And I made the brakets even more bigger and stronger , believe me that it was not a easy job.
Im 100% sure that they will perform excelent.
Just a little more than i was looking for , for my goal is 400whp , and i need to stop that on the track....
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Thats what i was wondering , why did you abandon the project ?
I was measuring like for a month everything and then just then i started buying the parts , even when I was not 100% sure that it will work, and i can say , they only fit with the Evo X rotors , one mm less and you hit the A arm and one more and you hit the wheel.
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Evo 10 rotors
You have to open the center hole of the rotors and take them to the Fd rotor hole size
The callipers need to be milled in the inside so they can work with the bigger rotors
And you need to build or made the braket
Plus i made the brakes tubes from the calliper to the oem mazda brake hose
You have to take the tube that connect one side of the caliper with the other and put it on the bleeders of the other side caliper and vice versa.
The braket is quite tricky it take me a while to decing it
I made it from aeronautical aluminium and i bridge port them to get them into the wheel hub.
The magical number is 4mm
Is the distance that it have to had from the wheel hub and the mount of the brembo caliper
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The Wilwood calipers are thiner than the Brembo ones
Which is the rotors diameter on the Wilwood ones that you install in you car?
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I have been there many times and of course i will get more clearence to the wheels and calipers thats why i will post some new pics with more clearence.
Im more worrye now about the disk and rotors combination
I got Project Mu brake pads and RacingBrakes rotors
I have to test this a lot till i try it harder and harder
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I have been there many times and of course i will get more clearence to the wheels and calipers thats why i will post some new pics with more clearence.
Im more worrye now about the disk and rotors combination
I got Project Mu brake pads and RacingBrakes rotors
I have to test this a lot till i try it harder and harder
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Ok , hope that in 2 hours more I will have the 3mm spacers , as soon as I install them I will post some pics
Thanks for the advice goodfellaFD3S
And then test the brakes!!
Thanks for the advice goodfellaFD3S
And then test the brakes!!