Was speaking to my mate earlier about this, I don't know why I had the thought but I was thinking of brake alterations - is it possible to fit a set of 4 pot front capiers on the rear of a Z32?? Has it been done before and would it make much of a difference? Obviously handbrake would be an issue. :confused:

Was speaking to my mate earlier about this, I don't know why I had the thought but I was thinking of brake alterations - is it possible to fit a set of 4 pot front capiers on the rear of a Z32?? Has it been done before and would it make much of a difference? Obviously handbrake would be an issue. :confused:

 

Why would the handbrake be an issue? The handbrake is an independant set of shoes inside the brake disc.

you would have to make a large change to the front for this to work

 

the 4 pots will require nearly 2x the cylinder area of the current 2 pots so the master cylinder will be totally unsuitable.

 

you would be trying to lock the rears before the fronts- the abs will kick in and you would probobly slow down slower.

 

physically you could fit them easily

Think you would unbalance the braking if you had the oem 4 pot calipers both front and rear.

Also I'd say that it's not worth the bother - you need more braking force at the front anyway; so if you're upgrading the rears just go for better pads and possibly discs.

 

Richard:)

no probs cheers guys, it was a bit of an after thought anyway as I just sold my spare set LOL :)

If you had big powerful brembo's up front then it could be ok, its a good idea, you would basically have to modify the hub to fit them, but yes it is possible.