Nissan brake caliper question...

andrewkd16

think i got my answer guys thanks

Rone

Don't you think that would mess with the ballance of the car? I'm not an expert either, just throwing some ideas your way.

m4a1mustang

If you want more braking power in the rear, run a more aggressive pad than you do up front.

There's a reason front rotors and calipers are almost always bigger than the rears... when you slow down weight transfers to the front of the car. The fronts need to be bigger, the rears don't.

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Red__Zed

being honest, the Z already has more braking capacity out back than it can use.



Also, no, you can't really bolt the fronts on the rear.

UTAMAV

The Nismo's rotors are 14 x 1.26 in the front and 13.8 x .79 (diameter x thickness in inches). I would gather that there would be fitment issues. Also, you also must consider i you put bigger calipers on the rear, even if they were to fit right...you are going to wear the rotor out twice as fast as the fronts. Just get you a set of stop techs, I put some on my C6 Vette....they were amazing...at a premium price however.

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gomer_110

While I'm still rather new to Z's, just bought my first one a month ago (an '11 Nismo), I'm almost positive that doing what you're suggesting would not be an easy bolt on type mod. It would more than likely require some custom fab work for caliper brackets etc. More importantly car stability under braking will most certainly be affected in a negative way unless you have a way of adjusting the brake bias. Normally, most cars use much more front brake than rear brake, hence why the front calipers and rotors are larger than the rear.

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Guard Dad

BAD IDEA! Lots of problems no benefits. The rear brakes are not the problem, our issues (cooling, brake fluid, and pad material) are at the front. For most track applications front brake ducts, high performance brake fluid, upgraded brake lines and competition pads front and rear will do the job.

The calipers are matched (front and rear) to achieve balanced braking. If you make a significant change at one end you'll have to change the other as well. You might as well get a complete big brake kit with matched oversized calipers and matching heavy duty rotors.

TreeSemdyZee

Cars are not like bicycles, most of the braking is done up front.
Don't waste your money because you'll cause serious issues.

kenchan

resolved..

cossie1600

calll me twisted, but i would love to see what happened the first time you hit the brakes hard with the extra rear bias.......

Guard Dad

You are a dashing fellow indeed! May I suggest an ice covered parking lot (February is good, and make sure it has lots of curbs and light posts too!) for the test and be sure to get video for posting the carnage on youtube.

beeristasty

Cars are like bicycles in this regard, at least to an experienced cyclist. The only thing that is really different b/t a car and a bicycle is that the weight distribution is 'adjustable' on a bicycle. The same can be said for motorcycles.

Red__Zed

Even if there was a substantial change, the bias is easily adjusted...
Most ways of doing this swap would actually move the bias to be front heavy
Yep, except for that initial pull, bikes are mostly front as well.

TreeSemdyZee

I adjusted my weight right over the handlebars when I was a kid.

andrewkd16

thanks for the replys everyone not saying i was going to do this i was more or less asking would it help in anyway or be a bad idea and i think i know which is the correct answer