I spent about $250.00 , that includes 80.00 for cores I bought online. and the rest for rebuilt calipers and misc parts from the local auto parts store.

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Originally posted by smg1404

I spent about $250.00 , that includes 80.00 for cores I bought online. and the rest for rebuilt calipers and misc parts from the local auto parts store.

That's $250US I assume, and I assume that you didn't replace the rotors. $250US is about $500 Australian.

If I where to have only changed the calipers with as new rebuilt calipers it would have cost me $185US, or $370 Australian.

That's all most people would need to replace.

Sorry, I'm just trying to keep this Thread in Australian Dollars as it is Australian People asking me the questions.

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biker

Many thanks for the quick and detailed response for the Oz info. Finally got up off the floor and back into the chair after reading the costs involved though.

Good brakes aren't cheap. But they are the most important part of the car. With the Z calipers and standard rotors my brake pedal was on the floor after 6 Laps of Queensland raceway. I could pull away from a WRX down the straight but he'd get me on the turns because my brakes where shot.

L28, Ported head, Triple Delhortos, goes quick but wouldn't stop. Now hopefully it will.

Chris (biker) are you going to Noosa Hill Climb? I'll be there as a spectator as I haven't joined a CAMS club yet. I think I'll join HRCC. I've spoken to a few of there members at the Triumph Car Club sprints at QLD racway a month or so ago and they seem pretty cool. I just need to get to a meeting.

OzLime240Z

As I'm only going to use this car for racing in Solo 2, this swap might not be nessasary. If your brakes were good for 6 hot laps at Queensland Raceway, they should be good for a minute or two of Autocross action with really good pads. What do you think?

Britt Boyette

It's all good.

I got the rear brakes back together, re-bled everything and took her for a spin. Drove pretty easy to bed the new rotor, and pads in but everything seems pretty good. Despite what some people say it would seem you don't need to replace the master cylinder as I don't think it moves any further than it did before. And the pedal is hard, not at all squishy.

When you look at the old Z caliper and the Toyota Caliper sitting on the ground, out of the car, the capacity of the two pistons on the Toyota looks only slightly larger the capacity of the one on the Z caliper. So it stands to reason that the pedal should stay about the same. Which it has.

This weekend there is a public drive on out at QLD raceway so I will take her out on the track and see how good they really are.

OzLime240Z