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[jason365]

hi everyone,im in the process of rebuilding my lx ss hatch hillclimb/super sprint car and one thing on the to do list is a brake upgrade.current set up consists of hq stubs and rotors with lx/uc calipers and hx brackets with hq drums on rear.im not real keen on hopper stoppers and would like to run some sort of 4 pot caliper ive borrowed a r32 skyline caliper from a mate and ive looked at the tutorial on here for that and would like some more feedback on that from guys that have used it on circuits.adapter brackets worry me a little and so does the thinner hq rotor,has anyone had any probs with them.ive also been looking at wilwoods and been speaking to a guy in sydney from m.d conversions who can supply calipers that should bolt straight upto the hq stub,he can also supply a 4 pot calipers and bracket for the rear to run vs rotors on the back is anyone on here using a similar set up for circuit work.aps and brembos would be nice but probably not really in the budget.i noticed one guy on the tutorial has swapped form wilwood to skyline calipers are the skyline ones an improvement.lastly there would im guessing be a good pad choice for the nissan stuff,what about wilwood i know it has to come from them but do they have a good range as id need to types one for hillclimb and one for sprints.look forward to some feed back regards jason
p.s for what its worth i have hz one tonner heat treated stubs and getting harrop arms.

[Bart]

Not sure how the skyline calipers mount, but making brackets is not a huge drama really.
I am running Brembo 4 piston calipers on mine with 360 x 36mm rotors and made my own brackets out of 5/8" thick steel plate. Overkill I'd imagine but plenty strong and the spacing worked out really well also.

Are your bracket mild steel or chrome molly??