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Re: 1200 sedan front end
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ive got r31 struts with spring seats removed if your after some let me know .

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cheers for that white lighting

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hi dat51k it took afair bit of searching & sorrting out but my s/wag pulls up on a dime..[as saying goes], do not know if you know or if any body has mentioned it but you have to set the BRAKE BIAS beteen front & rear up right . the old girl had drums all round everything i used is bolt on with no mod's i'll take some pic's and get list to together for you .i'll take part no's off what i fitted ,& when at wreckers get car model no's[ can not rember to long ago] ps.orginal disc size app 220 mine app 250 wheels still on check proplerly on the weekend.

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hmmm, what else
commodore calipers verada discs and 180b struts
so obviously you will need 180b struts, will need a smaller spring perch welded on
good struts as they allow lots of suspention travel in a lowered 1200

commodore calipers, from any of: VL turbo, VL v8,VN or VP v8, or any VR or VS. its the caliper bracket itself that actually changes, it allowes for a larger diameter disc to be used

mitsubishi magna/verada 276mm vented disc, centre needs to be bored out 4mm and new holes need to be drilled to bolt the disc onto the datsun hub (if buying new spend the extra money and get them undrilled so they dont end up with holes all over them)

big single piston brakes that should pull a 1200 up quite quickly(bigger than standard commodore brakes), require the use of 15 inch rims
caliper will bolt straight up to the strut, but dont know if the disc or caliper needs to be spaced out to get the disc centred in the caliper

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stock r31 struts and brakes
this will give you single piston calipers and a 250mmish vented disc
you will have to change the spring perch or go coilovers
will need a sheer load spacer ring so that the strut located properly on the steering arm
also will need to run camber tops so you can actually acheive some negative camber


or you could go for bluebird struts with r31 brakes, this way you wont have to run camber tops but will have to do all the rest of the stuff that would have needed to be done to the r31 struts

r31 struts enable the use of larger rims due to the different stub axel angle, but you cant run as much negative camber
and in some cases you will end up with positive camber if you dont run camber tops

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ok first suggestion
200b/240k struts, or shortened stanza ones (need the girlock equipt struts, or in the case of the 240k sumitomo equipt ones)
with either 200b or 240k slotted 253mm discs
and corrona or 240k twin piston sumitomo calipers with decend pads
then use just an 11/16th unboosted mastercylinder

its all straight bolt on to those struts and they are great brakes for A series

calipers are around $30-50 from the wreckers, rebuild kits for the calipers are $33 for the pair

discs, dont know what they are brand new, but you could always just hunt down some stock ones and get them machined

struts, depends on what the wreckers charge and you will need to change the spring perch on the 200b and 240k struts to the smaller perch
or use stanza struts and get them cut down to suit 240z inserts

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planning on running a mild A14. will be givin it abit on the weekends aswell when it is together. if that gives you any help.

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what engine do you have?

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i am just after something with abit more stoppin power up front dont really care about the rear that much.i am aslo trying to see what other people have used on their projects to campare what is the best to go with. i am not fussed as to how many pistons the brakes have aslong as they pull up quick and stop. i am also lookin for an easy upgrade so that its not that hard to put in. pics qould be great of anyone elses they have lying around

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what sorta brakes are you looking for, single piston twin piston 4 piston?
also what size wheels would you like to run?
off the top of my head the struts you would want to run would be either r31, 200b/240k or 180b

all of which require sunny or stanza lower arms, balljoints and steering arms

then most likely run a 120y booster with a suitably sized master, you can go up to 15/16th that i know of on a 120y booster

Posted on: 2007/1/31 8:58
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