Upgrading To Rear Discs

[demuire]

An idea...

 

Someone should try putting Falcon rear discs on. I had a brief look at the brackets, and without measuring everything, it looks like it wouldn't be hard to get to bolt up. The problems I can see are that the bracket may be too thick, and that the discs are 5 stud, so you'd have to get them redrilled to 4 stud.

 

But the calipers are nice and beefy, cheap as chips, and the discs are BIG and VENTILATED.

[demuire]

Here is someone putting them on a Jeep

 

[Medicine_Man]

the different stud pattern would be the downside..

[demuire]

and that the discs are 5 stud, so you'd have to get them redrilled to 4 stud.

 

Umm... No, I'm not talking about swapping the entire Falcon diff. I'm talking about putting Falcon brakes on some other diff like a Celica diff or T18 diff or something. And using the original axles, thereby giving you the original 4 stud...

[demuire]

It would be just like putting R31 brakes on, except the brakes would probably be cheaper, and they're bigger.

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

i have seen many conversions of falcon brakes onto alot of different cars. the main advantage is that the handbrake works off the calipers rather than an inner drum. the conversion often involves machining though.

[demuire]

I think most conversions of this sort will require some sort of machining or other. I've got Bluebird TRX discs on the back of my car, and they aren't really ideal for 2 reasons - alloy caliper bracket, and internal drum handbrake.

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

i have a strong diff for sale if anyone is intersted. it is a mazda b1800 diff with falcon ea brakes to suit a ke30 55 . it has been 4 studded ect. bolt in. except for tailshaft.

[demuire]

Probably best to put an ad up in the For Sale section, not in this thread :)

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

yeh. I'm new here