HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
07-01-2005, 11:00 AM
Post: #11
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
You know I hate working.

Someone plz make the brackets and all necessary stuff,
and i'll just go buy the rx callipers and disks

I 'll buy the package if someones make like bolt on style Smile


p.s NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE HENS

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07-01-2005, 11:05 AM
Post: #12
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
nmwisima Wrote:You know I hate working.

Someone plz make the brackets and all necessary stuff,
and i'll just go buy the rx callipers and disks

I 'll buy the package if someones make like bolt on style Smile

As we are in Europe - in future I will offer only BMW/Volvo 4-pot calipers/adapter plates as kit ! :wink: But first - let test one in my car.
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07-02-2005, 10:16 AM
Post: #13
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
That's amazing. You're the man Hen and Ian! Big thanks for both of you! Thumbs up!
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07-02-2005, 11:16 AM
Post: #14
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
jamiemirror Wrote:
nmwisima Wrote:You know I hate working.

Someone plz make the brackets and all necessary stuff,
and i'll just go buy the rx callipers and disks

I 'll buy the package if someones make like bolt on style Smile

As we are in Europe - in future I will offer only BMW/Volvo 4-pot calipers/adapter plates as kit ! :wink: But first - let test one in my car.

Sounds like a good plan Jamie..The volvo 4 pot girling callipers are f*ing huge (but all aloy so not to heavy). Lots of other cars used the same callipers, so pad selection is plentifull. Having to slow down a volvo that weighs a 3 tons also means that they have plenty of heat capacity, certainly more then the FC callipers.
Maybe it would be good to also take a look at the rear callipers. A switch to E30 BMW callipers could be a cheap upgrade that would improve capacity somewhat, but, more important, totally open up the choice of pads.

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07-02-2005, 11:26 AM
Post: #15
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
2 Ivan141:

Quote:Maybe it would be good to also take a look at the rear callipers. A switch to E30 BMW callipers could be a cheap upgrade that would improve capacity somewhat, but, more important, totally open up the choice of pads.

I compared BMW E23 728 rear calipers and pads to the AE86 ones.
The BMW pads have smaller friction area ! They haven't e-brake mechanism also (E23 uses drums for e-brakes!). I have a little strange way to modify rears - using Wartburg 353W fronts (4-pot but with solid discs!!!) - but this is exotic and will not be useful with conventional e-brake. I found some 2-pot rears in Opels so maybe this is the right modification for rear brakes - cheap and widely available ?
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07-02-2005, 02:52 PM
Post: #16
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
Hi Hen,

thankyou for coming to join aeu86.org - we are a good bunch and thankyou very much for taking the trouble to design the brackets.

Regards Ian.
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07-02-2005, 05:06 PM
Post: #17
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Thanks for all the comments guys. I bought a pair of FC calipers years ago without realising how hard they would be to fit. So I thought anyone in the same boat might want to know my results.

As for rear brakes, if you have a T series rear end (not sure what models you got in Europe, in Oz we got an S series (crap) rear end) then the entire disc assembly fron an RT141 Corona bolts on. Reasonable sized discs with an internal drum handbrake (good for rally/drift). Only modification is that the shock mounts on the diff need to be moved in about 10mm.

Hen

No, this thing is totally stock standard officer...
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07-02-2005, 09:49 PM
Post: #18
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
Hen,
i have never seen a corona rt141 in Holland.. ( maybe some other dutch here??)
i see a lot of older nice japanese cars driven in australia that are here only in a museum.. ( like older corolla's, or cars like the mazda Rx3,Rx4. R100. often they used it for the dragsports.. http://www.fullboost.com.au in australia)


and are the adapterplates made for the original brakedisks? or is it posible to fit rx7 disks?? ( wich disks have you mounted?)

thanx again Thumbs up! !!

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07-03-2005, 01:21 PM
Post: #19
HOWTO: Mazda FC3S 4pot Calipers
AndrE86 Wrote:Hen,
i have never seen a corona rt141 in Holland.. ( maybe some other dutch here??)
No, I thought the corona stopped here after the Mark II. Undecided

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07-03-2005, 01:51 PM
Post: #20
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Do not forget more is not better. Bigger calipers and bigger disks means more weight. You have to find the balance. The FC 4-pot are alu so maybe they are not even heavier than OEM calipers. Getting 4-pot rears is just silly overkill. I think you only need to do the front.

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