R32 Brake And Suspension Upgrade

[sama1500]

So last night i took my car out for the first time for a mountain run and it wasnt great, brakes were not up to par and cornering resulted in lots of understeer and generally very sloppy. I know next to nothing about setting up suspension properly, all of the suspension is stock as far as i'm aware and i have coilovers on there, it squeaks when i go over bumps currently (i'm assuming bushes are worn out) and the brakes are 4 pot front and 2 pot rear (m spec stock brakes i think), i also have 225 tyres stretched over 9" wheels all round (getting 235's soon)

my question is what should i be looking at getting suspension wise (adjustable arms etc) and what's a good brake upgrade for a 32?

[Robzilla32]

Lots of cool brake stuff here: http://alphaomegaracing.com/c/62/R32.html

[sama1500]

just coming up with evo stuff man, i was asking more along the lines of what bolts onto an r32, eg r33/r34 brakes, other nissans etc

[Sinista32]

R32 Brembo's off the Vspecs and R33 GTR Brembo's

[sama1500]

brembos are quite expensive even second hand, would r33 brakes, slotted & dimpled rotors, good quality pads and braided lines make a good difference? or even all that on my standard r32 brakes?

Edited September 5, 2015 by sama1500

[GTSBoy]

There are a few recent threads you could read to get an idea of what's possible and what's good and what's worthwhile. And that's on top of the years and years of such threads.

[sama1500]

I have been reading through a few already and at this stage r33 brakes seem like a step up from 32 ones without draining my wallet, there's not as much on adjustable arms though, I know there's plenty of different arms/joints you can get but I'm mainly interested what out of thouse would be the most helpful for a street setup and what I wouldn't need to get

[niZmO_Man]

Try refreshing your brakes first. Replace pads with QFM A1RM/Intima SR/similar, fresh super DOT4 fluid and braided lines.

[sama1500]

Well if I'm going to be doing pads, rotors, braided lines and fluid the cost of a set of r33 calipers on top of that isn't going to be much extra, so instead of doing all that on my r32 brakes and possibly finding out it's not enough I'll need to get new rotors and pads again along with 33 brakes

[scotty nm35]

just coming up with evo stuff man, i was asking more along the lines of what bolts onto an r32, eg r33/r34 brakes, other nissans etc

Evo Brembo's have a much larger pad than the 32/33/34 GTR brembo's, hence why the Alpha gear is a good option, especially if you can get the evo 10 floating rotor.

Have you looked at Ksport upgrade kits? I picked up a set second hand, 8 piston kit for $700, better than both those options for track work.

The Nissan Brembos aren't much of an upgrade over the Sumitomos in my opinion.

[sama1500]

the alpha gear is still a bit on the expensive side, i had a look at the ksport stuff and definitely out of my budget new, 33 brakes from what i found are the same as 32r brakes (not the vspec brembos) slightly bigger callipers, and rotor thickness + diameter, and they can be found quite cheap second hand leaving money over for braided lines, good pads and slotted/dimpled rotors, keep in mind my basis for comparison is stock r32 brakes with old pads so i dont think i'd need some crazy good setup for it to be an upgrade over what i have now

the main problem i was having was suspension wise, the car was quite bad when going through tight corners, understeer everywhere, what's a good measure i can take to fix this? arms/bushes etc

[sama1500]

i think i may opt for r33 gtst brakes, they're a straight bolt on using the same lines and everything, may not be a massive difference from r32 brakes but coupled with all the support gear i think it will be a substantial difference, anyone with any knowledge on basic suspension tuning who could give me a few tips for dialing out understeer and generally making my car handle better?

[GTSBoy]

I could. But it is a 3000 word essay for the primer. You could just search for the last time I gave it. Or you could search for the last time any of a number of others gave it, here and elsewhere.