01-11-2013, 10:36 PM
(01-11-2013, 11:41 AM)silverzx Wrote: They were rebuilt when I had my MOT done so they should be fine! Perhaps the discs and pads are just getting a bit low..
I know the pistons are quite well known to get seized on these but I have a full set of spare calipers so maybe I'll just rebuild those.
I also have some discs that are basically brand new so could chuck those on and see what difference it makes.
The Z32 brakes are what everyone I know with them keeps rambling on about, those and an auto diff (3.9 instead of 3.7) so I'll keep an eye out.
That information about the Jag pads sounds interesting, I know what you mean, there is a good portion that doesn't contact the pad so it might be worth exploring that!
I don't really know where to go with it now. I don't want to spend a lot of money on it, maybe I'll treat it to some gauges, wheels and a 14a front end and just leave it at that. Oh and a de-mid box, oh and a flamer kit for lol's. Oh and Darrens old EBC eventually.
Damn cars..!
the only benifit of the Z32 caliper is that it's alloy so lowers the unsprung weight, which is definitely worthwhile if you can get hold of a good set for decent money.
I know it's easy for the spend on mods to get out of control, this is escpecially true of the S14 lots of nice stuff avaiable and they are very easy to tune you can get up to big power outputs before it's necessary to build a forged bottom end, if I were in your postition I'd speak to Jez at H-dev tell what you've got and what you'd like he'll point you in the right direction, the most important thing with turbo engines is to make sure the fuelling is right, adding a de-cat, FMCI, induction kit etc all change the fuelling requirements, the Nissan ECU as got a certain amount of 'self learning' ability and can adopt to some changers but it's definitely better to fit a re-mapped eprom matched to the mods, the H-dev ECU upgrades aren't expensive IIRC around £150-160, also Jez will let you trade in a stage 1 chip for a stage 2 and so on when you change something or need more power.
The stage one chip is great value and gives a big power increase per £ and won't unduly tax the chassis and running gear although if your clutch is anything less than tip top it will kill it pretty quick, if your planning over 300bhp then best fit a paddle clutch as even a good organic plate will struggle to cope with the torque.
The SXOC forum is a good source of info,