custom 11.5" dual piston brakes

[russian]

So the largest stock 4x100 brake rotors I found are "mini cooper john cooper works" 294mm / 11.5" rotors, under $50 on amazon - like this:



Let's now ask a fellow racer who knows how to TIG and who does it well weld some 3/8" 1-1/2" stripe of steel in place of original caliper mounts



Random dual piston brake calipers from a junk yard sale are from Subary Legacy GT, we will need to grind them a bit since they do not fit inside our 15" wheels with these rotors


Did I mention yellow caliper paint?


Now we have to learn how to drive with these crazy things on our wheels



20 days till Road America. Wish us luck

[M3NTAL]

Looks good ! That's a ton of rotational mass on your drive axles tho isn't it ?

[russian]

Looks good ! That's a ton of rotational mass on your drive axles tho isn't it ?

As I said, wish us luck

[Aspire SVT]

That looks crazy nice good job

[sasquatch]

finaly a set of 15's on a festiva where the brakes fill up the inside of the rim, that looks awesome i cant wait to do this to my car, i hate how tiny my "big brake kit" looks inside my smaller than average rims lol....

[jemartin144]

Wow, crapcans at Road America; that should be interesting. Lots of straights for people to blow engines up on and have brakes fail at the end of. Good luck. I wish it wasn't on a monday-tuesday, so I could come watch.

[chrisofna]

Those ould be epic with the 4 piston FC RX7 calipers.

[russian]

Those ould be epic with the 4 piston FC RX7 calipers.

Are these aluminum or iron? Which trims & years of FC?

[chrisofna]

Aluminum. All 5-lug second gen RX7s from what I have seen in the junkyards. They really aren't hard to find at all.

[chrisofna]

This gen.

[MrFishah]

Are these aluminum or iron? Which trims & years of FC?

Don't get any ideas lol :nono:

[Safety Guy]

I'd be happy to have a full 10" vented rotor with larger pads on aluminum calipers!

More braking with little or no weight penalty, yum.

As for Second Gen RX7, here is wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_RX-7

They ran from 1986 to 1988, and were called "FC."

Karl

[FestYboy]

karl you can get a 10" brake... escort or capri depending on your lug pattern.

[rbrown]

karl you can get a 10" brake... escort or capri depending on your lug pattern.

I think the aluminum caliper has been the elusive thing.

[Safety Guy]

If the FC aluminum calipers will work with a 10" rotor, couldn't I just take a set of Rio hubknuckles to a good welding/fab shop and get custom mounts made the the RX7 calipers?

Karl