benifits to 180SX Brake Upgrade?

Canada Nissan Automotive
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Hey everyone,

Just wondering whats the benifits of the 180SX Brake Swap

i am planing on getting new brakes soon

i was going to go with Bear cross driller and slotted rotors with Hawk pads all around on my 240 with ABS.

but people are telling me 180 upgrade would be better then that ? whats the difference from the 240sx brake setup that makes it so much better…espically if i do with the bear rotor and hawk pads…

for all its worth i have no problems with my stock brakes really i cant even imagine how good they would stop by just upgradeing to the slotted with good pads… i do some drifting with my car and have yet to notice my stock breaks fail on me or anything fade…

so …

a little help on 180 upgrade vs stock 240 with cross drill and good pads

what to do…

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most people do the Z32 swap. cheap, and works better apparently.
you’d want to ask Blade about that, as he’s going through the process right now

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do the Z32 brake swap. just make sure you upgrade the master cylinder as well

its easy to get, and more than enough braking power for the track.

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take your car to the track, and run a grip session. you’ll then experience brake fade.

z32 upgrade is worth it, i’ve got in on my car. soon to upgrade to brembo sport slotted rotors & hawks all around.

i’ve still got the stock z32 rotors and pads that came with it, and its plenty of bite.

brake upgrades are always good, especially when adding more power (common sense). it is also a safety measure, no good if your car is super fast, but can’t stop on a dime.

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i hear without abs you lock up really easy with z32’s

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what if you only upgrade your front breaks with Z32 and leave the rear stock ? ive been reading about the Z32 swap and it seems the rear is a alot to do most people just do the front in doing this would it not trow the ballance of the car off because the fronts are so good and the rear is not…

all this reading about stuff and seeing how the cross drilled and slotted are alot of “show”…i thought they were actally good heh…

how much can you get the 300zx brakes for anyways?

for front all you have to do is change the lines calipers rotors all useing 300zx parts …right?

if your just doing the front do you need to change the master?

still dont know whats good about 180 breaks now lol

ABS still work the same with 300zx ?

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180’s are bigger then 240’s they are like the same size as altima or maxima brakes

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i foudn this write up about it too

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so would doing 300zx in front and 180 in rear be good?

rear 300zx seems like alot not sure if its worth it?

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if you have good front tires, you won’t lock up as easily.

without the master cylinder, and doing the brake upgrade, the pedal will feel

very spongy.

my rears are stock, with $20 pads and no name rotors.

front are stock z32 rotors and pads.

unless you compare side by side 1 car with z32 brakes all around, and 1 car with only z32 in fronts, you not going to notice the difference.

technically, sure it will throw off the balance, but your not going to feel it unless comparing it to something.

z32 fronts you should be looking at $300-400 with everything you need to swap over, including hardlines.

and you need to cut off or bend back the shield behind the rotor

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pete he can nly upgrade the calipers which im doing… z32 calipers in the front and stock s13 calipers in the rear. all im going to do is just upgrade the rotors and pads in the rear and i should be fine.

Jacky: Do you really need to get the master cylinder???

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if you want your pedal to feel like mine yeh.

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BTW, I believe Blade said he wasn’t going to upgrade to 5 lug. We were talking about it last night and he was just going to drill the 300ZX rotor with a 4 lug pattern and get rims to fit the required offset or put a spacer on there.

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overall i think i am going to get some 180SX brakes

Z32 seem like a good choice also but im not into changeing the master ect…plus i planed to spend about 500 all done.

getting a big brake upgrade is not needed for what i want i mean to obtain best of the best yes it is a good idea…but i dont need that.

180sx seems like a good bang for the buck with a bit better then stock

1 question though …so the front rotor will be bigger then the rear wont that look a little funny ?

and again …

99 maxima pads with 97 altima rotors,180sx calipers…hook right up to 240 brake lines (SS optional) done and done …seems pretty straight forward

and again …the me having ABS in not an issuse they work with ABS no mater even if the car they come off of is NON ABS car?

how do i tell when i buy a set the guy is selling me 180 brakes and not just 240sx brakes lmao

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Actually if u are not gonna upgrade to 5 lugs. U can get away from just using the 4 lug Altima rotors with the Z32 caliper and pads. The Rear conversion is a PITA. U need new Ebrake cable to make the ebrake work because the Ebrake assembly on the 300ZX is the drum type and the S-chassis uses the rear piston to lock.

Most of cars has larger front rotors than the rear rotors. So it should not look funny at all.