300zx Brakes & Toyota Calipers

[Aussie260z]

Curious about the 300zx Brakes & Toyota Calipers front brake upgrade for 240-260z's,

I know you have to use a special spacer that sits between the rotor and hub, but.........

Does anyone know of companies/people that sell this spacer in Australia?

[g260]

If you look at the attached link and go to the post by 'waynekarnes' it may give you the dimensions you are after.

http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=94050&highlight=toyota+calipers+rotors

At the same time I don't know of anyone in Aus who makes the spacers however I am sure if you found an engineering workshop or fitter and machinist and gave them the dimensions they could turn them up for you.

I am not sure whether you realise, that if you didn't want to use the 300ZX vented rotors with a spacer, you can use ones of a TP Magna or a 504/5 Peugeot and have the centres turned out to 81mm and the four holes drilled to suit the 260 hub.

They have the correct height so that you don't need a spacer as you would with a 240 hub. That is using the Toyota S12+8 calipers, which I believe here comes off a Toyota Landcruiser possibly FJ60 series.

I am by no means an expert, but believe this info to be close to the mark. I am sure I will be corrected if there are some inaccuracies.

[Aussie260z]

Didnt know you could use the TP Magna Rotors,

Thanks for the link mate,

I think its the s12w caliper, the s12-8 is the caliper for the non-vented style rotor, or thats what the link says ;-)

Ive looked at the Peugeot 505, but just thought id like to use a rotor that was a straight bolt-on, instead of having to mod it (re-drilling for correct PCD and enlargening the centre) whereas the 1984-85 300zx rotor bolts straight-up, but does require that spacer,

I asked a few local engineering shops and they said i would be looking at $150-$200 a side for the spacers, which i thought was a bit much,

I thought about getting the Peugeot Rotor un-drilled, but you cant get Peugeot 505 Rotors undrilled in Australia, I spoke to DBA and they said that its an imported Rotor and it comes to them drilled,

But ill ask them about the Magna TP Rotor