I've got some 280zx struts but the calipers were horribly rusty and quite badly corroded when I stripped them down and they are also bloody heavy
Is the another caliper that will bolt on with the 3.5" caliper bolt spacing, not to fussed about disc at the stage i'll just trawl the DBA catalog till I find something.
Before I get flamed I've trawled the internet for answers and most people seem to run hilux/volvo/commodore calipers and they are all quite large setups.

I want to run the 14" wheels I have possible even 13" wheels at a later date so I don't want a massive set up, I'm after something small and lite, I'm thinking about 250mm diameter 20mm thick max. Also to be a pain i want it cheap so preferably a factory caliper.

Any one got any ideas?
Fail that I'm also open to suggestions on other lightweight calipers without the correct bolt spacing which may be suitable to use with an adapter (for example a small alloy single pot caliper)

Nick

BUMP!

I want answers to the same questions with the exact same outlines!

You guys tried browsing the zed forums for some ideas or are they the big setups?

There was a kit selling on ebay for wilwood calipers but I can't find the link.. maybe adapting something yourself would be the best bet, try find some cheap wilwoods from the US for 10"x19mm rotors and go from there.

I am using the standard heavy zx calipers for now, I just got some lighter 13's instead.

yeah all the Z/ZX guy's seam to go big.

As far as I know and I have been at it for a while now, there isn't an easy answer to that one Nick. The commodore calipers have a 3" spacing, but apart from that they are quite compact (they do fit in 13s I have done it) and quite lightweight (half al. alloy). In the 3.5" spacing, IMO wilwoods are about your best option. You could engineer some OEM four pots from Nissan/Mitsi/Mazda/Subaru/whatever but to get them to fit in 13s is a big ask. Not impossible though. But tricky. Early Z has a cast iron two pot caliper not particularly light and whether it's any better or worse than the 280ZX caliper i don't know. You can still get sel kits and pistons for 280ZX calipers I overhauled the ones on my old rally car last year.

Nick, as mentioned Wilwoods will be the ticket. They made a bolt on for ZX carriers. One thing to keep in mind for 13" rims; the top of the caliper needs something like 8-10MM milled off to fit inside a 13" wheel and will still need a wheel spacer. I too have the 2 ton ZX Calipers on my car and will eventually use Wilwoods. We used Wilwood calipers on the sports racer and they work very well. Also for a mildy tuned engine like mine the ZX brakes are overkill but they came with the racing suspension I bought 15 years ago, so I've used them ever since.

Tom

Im going to hav a crack at useing Z32 rear calipers on the front of my 1200. should be more than enough and nige and light.

very much doubt that the z32 rears would be enough, they use a tiny pad and the pistons are midgets also....just coz they are twin piston calipers doesnt really mean much as they are doing the same job as a single piston caliper of the same piston size would do

infact id go as far as saying that a stock coupe caliper would be just as good apart from the solid disc VS vented disc

Bummer.