How To: Evo 8/9 Brembos on 240SX

[jrivera]

What's the plan for the e brake assembly with the STI rears?

And reading other posts on here. I have a soft spot for brakes. Who cares if your car is DD and doesn't have the HP to back them up. Most things on most peoples cars (body kits, wings, etc.) don't really have a functional purpose. At least brakes come to play and are needed or will be needed at some point.

CTblack240, have you put your rotors on? What rims are you rocking?

[Beejis60]

I'm with you too.... few things in this world you don't go cheap on: tattoos, lawyers, brakes, and tires are my quality must-haves.

[CTblack240]

I try not to cheap out on the safety part of a car...the rotors are on now and I'm rocking my Varrstoen 2.2.1s, 18x9.5 +12, no spacer, just about clears them.

[jrivera]

I'm sure those will look really nice with those brakes. Especially compared to the stock ones lol.

[jrivera]

Your thread brings back many memories from way back when. I couldn't sleep at night when I first bought the brakes lol

First it took over my dining room table


Then it took over my part of my living room


Another idea...
My best friend had EVO calipers up front and used Z32 rears. But he bought brembo stickers and made them look like it

[Beejis60]

Is it me, or did you not tape off the inner part of the cali?

[CTblack240]

It's you, I taped it all off, the little gray you see in the picture is on the bottom part of the pads that I was throwing out, i tape off the internal parts, just wanted to get the bottom part that was visible in color as well.

[jrivera]

Originally Posted by Beejis60

Is it me, or did you not tape off the inner part of the cali?

They were painted, then rebuilt.

It's worth spending the extra $150 to rebuild the brakes.

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by CTblack240

It's you, I taped it all off, the little gray you see in the picture is on the bottom part of the pads that I was throwing out, i tape off the internal parts, just wanted to get the bottom part that was visible in color as well.

I was talking the rear calis pic with red all over the pistons and seals.

Originally Posted by jrivera

It's worth spending the extra $150 to rebuild the brakes.

lol, you don't have to tell me that.

[7jpat]

what did u use for conversion lines ? did z32 lines fit the brembos

[edmorl]

all been covered before

http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/93748-...se-do-yet.html

[Beejis60]

Originally Posted by 7jpat

what did u use for conversion lines ? did z32 lines fit the brembos

Brembos have a banjo input/output; z32 do not. You can just reuse stock or Evo lines.

[JonathanPrem]

Quick question-

Anyone know the width difference between 30mm 300zx and evo 9 front cailpers.

[eek]

Wow guys all of this info installs have been covered to death. -->http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/93748-...se-do-yet.html

STI rear brembo's will fit you s-chassis if your running the Z32 rear drum assembly. You do NOT need to space it, it will fit perfectly fine with z32 rear rotors. I know this cause I have been running that setup for 3 years now with no issues. YES the e-brake will work as well with the STI rear brembo setup with the z32 rear drum assembly. Yes you need to change out the brake lines, you can run the z32 conversion brake lines which are sold everywhere. No one wants to run the evo/z33 rear brembo cause it doesn't bolt up and its too much of a PITA to get it to work. Most guys already verified that the Z32 rear caliper setup is actually better than the STI rear brembo due to more contact surface area with the brake pad. The brembo rear are only for bling factor. If you have the cash (which 95% of you don't) and can source brembos off a GT-R V-Spec (r32/33/34) it will bolt on as well (good luck trying to find affordable rear rotors tho).

If you want to go extreme and want bling factor you can run the DUAL z32 rear caliper setup which will use 1 pair as your ebrake (via hydro lever) and another as a reg brake caliper. http://zilvia.net/f/brakes/402922-s-...r-kit-new.html
Theoretically you can use dual STI rear brembos or Skyline GTR brembos since they bolt up to the caliper ears the same way z32 calipers bolt up but I don't think anyone has had the $$$ to give it a try. But if your looking for the "BALLER" on a budget setup, that's one way to go.

[florante rea]

Yeah Eek is right about the whole z32 rear being bigger vs the sti/evo rear. He's actually my first customer to buy my brackets. 3 years and his setup are still holding
Stick to what works guys!

[Skilz10179]

Nice write up. I currently have Z32 calipers with Powered By Max 13" rotors and brackets but I'm really considering switching to the Brembo conversion now. Does anyone know how comparable the Evo 8/9 calipers are to the G8 GXP Brembo calipers? I have a friend looking to get rid of his G8 Brembos, it would be nice if they fit the Evo rotors and brackets.

[USN_S14]

In the november 2011 issue of Import Tuner (pg.82) they covered this and they did the sti/evo swap. where they did Z32 BMC. '04-'06 STI calipers and pads (front and rear), and '03-'07 evo rotors (front), and Z32 rear rotors and e-brake assembly and r32 e-brake cable. The front sti calipers just need a bracket (sold on zilvia) from Skullwerks. and everything is easy from there. i work for oriellys and you cant get sti calipers im betting you have to go to the dealership, ebay, or get them second hand. all in all this set up looks sick to they did say they did need a 5mm spacer to clear their 350z rims. but ya

[florante rea]

I'm not going to point fingers. I'm the first one to sell those evo brackets. i revised the bracket n also made the sti. I don't sell as much brackets anymore because some other sellers tried to copy my shit. I'm not going to give names but 4 of them bitches ordered my brackets n started selling it too. Its very disappointed that to see other ppl take credits for something they stole basically!

[LBK S13]

Very nice write up and idea!!! I haven't done the 5 lug conversion yet but I now know what brake set up I will use when I do it! Thanks!

[greys13]

Originally Posted by CTblack240

I looked around for a while to find a clear write-up on installing the Evo 8/9 Brembos on a 240 and couldn't find one that I thought was very straight forward so I figured I'd make my own when I did mine

Here is a comparison of Evo 8/9 vs 300zx calipers.



First off, I got a set of Brembos off a Evo 9. Came with the calipers, pads and rotors. Rotors are in eh shape so I'm either going to be buying new ones or having my buddy resurface them. Pads have some life on em so I'll keep em for now and the calipers are in decent shape until I want to powdercoat them.

First step is to jack the car up and remove your lug nuts and wheel.

Next step is to remove the 12mm nut on the back of the stock caliper that holds the brake line to the caliper. Watch out because there will be brake fluid in it and will run out of the line. I just threw a cup underneath to catch all of it. Next step after that is to remove the (2) 19mm bolts holding the caliper to the nuckle of the suspension. Once those are both off, the caliper will come off the rotor and the rotor will come off the hub. Here is a picture of where the bolts are on the back of the caliper.



The next thing I did was cut the dust shield for clearance of the new rotor. I started by cutting the 90 degree bend off...after that I cut the corners off so that I had even more clearnace and didnt need to worry about anything rubbing at all. Heres a picture of once I cut it all off and hit it was some sandpaper.







Heres also a picture of side to side comparison of size.



I than dropped off the rotors to the machine shop for a quick resurface and started to strip the calipers. I took some sandpaper to them to get them scuffed up and took off all the rough spots in them. I than hit them with a nice coat of filler primer. I let that flash over night and than applied some paint the next day. Finishing them off with brand new Brembo stickers off eBay! (I know their missing the "B" in the middle of the circle for some reason...) Here's some pictures.





I went with the Version 1 Evo 240sx Brembo brackets off of MadParts.net. They ran me $100 shipped. The installation was very easy from this point on. The bracket attached to the caliper with 2 bolts which I put some Lock-Tite on and torqued down. Than I slide the rotor on, put a lug nut on to hold it in place and set the caliper in place. 2 more bolts with some Lock-Tite slide through the OEM knuckle and thread into the adapter bracket. Then torque them down, bleed the calipers and your all set to go ! Here's a picture of the completed product!

where did you get the blue caliper paint from?

[CTblack240]

Originally Posted by greys13

where did you get the blue caliper paint from?

It's Duplicolor Bahama Blue, I used a high temp primer and than used that and than cleared them.

[tapdeznutz]

wow so this shit is "straight" bolt on. very nice and simple write up. thanks for sharing.

[tapdeznutz]

Originally Posted by CTblack240

It's Duplicolor Bahama Blue, I used a high temp primer and than used that and than cleared them.

any issues with the bahama blue paint discoloring or issues? i am assuming it was not high temp paint, only the primer was high temp. ??

[qwerth]

did you use the stock BMC? or did you upgrade to z32?

[JonathanPrem]

Im currently using stock and the pedal feel is good.

[S14_ZX10R]

I just picked up evo 8 brembos and found some rotord drilled and slotted for 100bucks on ebay and thanks for the link for the brackets gone pick those up

[S14_ZX10R]

What kind/number sand paper did you use i need to poweder coat them and if maybe you have a link to take apart the calipers???

[S14_ZX10R]

Also what bmc did you use im running my s14