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Hello all.
My volvo need some serious front brake work, new pads, rotors, and full caliper rebuild. (Although it is stopping fine now, but the rotors are thin... and pads are almost out... and pistons are very hard to push in.)
So, I thought... if I'm gonna spend all that money, I might as well install something better.
I got the front pair of r32 front skyline brakes from the local import place for $70us... These brakes are real nice, 40? mm pistons, 30mm thick vented rotors, bigger pad surface area... Aluminium calipers (light... but the rotors are heavy...) The rotors themselves aren't much bigger in diameter...4mm only.(I think volvo did a very good job designing thier brakes.)
Pros: Much easier to find skyline parts locally...
Light caliper
Nice and thick vented rotors
Fits original 15" rims!!!! (Barely... 1.5mm clearance...)
It looks alot cooler than cast volvo calipers...
Cons: Quite abit of machining work... (atleast the way I did it...)
There are 2 ways of installing this setup
1. Install the rotor infront of the hub. (As normally 140s do)
This is very easy, all you have to do is redrill the rotors to have the same PCD as volvos... the rotor hat dia. is exactly the same as volvos. But this requires new rims as the front of the caliper will be hitting the wheel spokes. Or you'll need ~18mm spacers. (It is because the Skyline rotors have a 25mm thin hat vs Volvo's 40~ can't remember)
2. The hard way... (my way) I decided to put the rotor behind the hub (As 120s do) This requires machining to the hub to have a flat rear mating surface. (Had to make a jig for it.) And machining of the rotor hat hole dia. to fit into the hub. And then redrilling the rotor to have the same PCD as volvos. This set-up still requires installing 6mm spacers. (Actually a dummy plate to simulate the old rotor... or else the hub will stick out too much and the center hole of the rim is too small... so the rim won't fit... try putting a hub on a rim, and you'll see what I mean.) With this configuration, everything about the wheel alignment will stay the same, as will as the bearing load...
The real cool part is that all this fits into the oe 15" rims... real sleeper setup!
I have already made the bracket, real easy to make... I'll shoot some pics afterwards... it's raining and it's in the trunk.
I'll mill the NISSAN off and mill VOLVO into the caliper later on.
Here are some pics.
[img]http://i2.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39842723.sky1.jpg[/img]
Test fitting the rotor/caliper into the oe rims before starting anything...
[img]http://i2.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39842696.lathe.jpg[/img]
Machining the hubs
[img]http://i2.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39842709.work.jpg[/img]
Finished hub
[img]http://image.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39842762.PHTO0008.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i2.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39842767.PHTO0009.jpg[/img]
Nice and thick rotor...
[img]http://image.pbase.com/u45/elfunk/medium/39843421.PHTO0012.jpg[/img]
I think, if anyone is doing alot and alot of braking.... this setup is real nice. (the big vented rotors...)
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