R32 Rear Brembo Issue.

[djr81]

Offered up the rear Brembo callipers from an R33 to my R32 GT-R last night.

Problem being the hoses from the 33 are too short to connect properly. Also the hoses from the 32 have a different end connection (block mount) to the 33. So I cant just swap stuff over.

So the question is this:

Anyone that has done this conversion what did you use for hoses. I there a 32 Vspec hose package with a block end connection or are they all the same & connect striaght into the calliper?

Edited November 20, 2008 by djr81

[Roy]

Strange. I have aftermarket braided rear lines and they screwed into the GTR caliper no problem. So sinc emy aftermarket GTSt lines worked, i assume then the std GTSt lines would work. I would also expect that the GTR are the same as well. I did modify the bracket that they all mount to the caliper like the R33 lines do, but i wasnt supplied any of the std R33 lines so just made my GTSt ones fit

[djr81]

So the lines you have go straight into the calliper? No stuffing about with blocks & hard piping?

The line would fit but the 33 is approx 30mm shorter than what it needs to be.

As an aside the bolts that attach the rear Brembos are M10x30 with a 1.5mm pitch.

The bolts that attach the rear Sumitomo's are M10x30 with a 1.25mm pitch.

You have to go to a proper bolt shop as the Champion packs you find at most auto parts shops start at M10x35.

Photos:

Brembo first.

Sumitomo second.

Edited November 21, 2008 by djr81

[Roy]

Yeh, the bolt size difference was the hardest thing. My aftermarket GTSt braided lines use the block like the std one which is why i modded the bracket with a bend and a newly drilled hole so that i can mount it up factory like.

[phunky_monkey]

I just had Maltech make me up some rear lines to suit my 33 GT-R rear brembo's:

[djr81]

Have pretty much done the same. Sent the old rubber hose off to Perth Brake Parts with an instruction to make it the same, just 30mm longer.

As an aside (another one) the pads I got for the F40 callipers are listed as "BA Falcon Fronts from the 4 pot calliper" - presumably a Brembo item aswell. They have what I took to be a slot for a pad wear indicator. Is there another common car that uses a similar pad but minus the slot for the indicator?

Edited November 21, 2008 by djr81

[Beer Baron]

the problem is with your front callipers. they are no good. send them, and the calliper mounts to me and I will dispose of them safely for you mate. wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you. I care.

[djr81]

the problem is with your front callipers. they are no good. send them, and the calliper mounts to me and I will dispose of them safely for you mate. wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you. I care.

Thanks mate. Do you need me to cover you for any expenses or will a carton of Crownies surfice?

I asked the nice folk at Racer Industries what a 345x32 2 part front rotor was worth. Answer:$1k. Per side. Ow, ow, ow. So am staying with 324's for a long, long time....

Edited November 21, 2008 by djr81

[phunky_monkey]

1k each?! Pffffffffffffffffffffft

[sav man]

i just took the brackets off the R32 ones, and modified them to fit the brembos (drill and extra hole)