Hey gang

I got a 90 hatch with 15" spoon wheels and I want to peice together a front brakes only big brake kit from all OEM honda parts. Can someone please gimme some input on a complete setup. If not any input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

get a fastbrakes kit. 11" rotors and uses the integra calipers and brackets. everything bolts together. Fits under stock 15" wheels. I like the kit...great stopping

fastbrakes.com

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get a fastbrakes kit. 11" rotors and uses the integra calipers and brackets. everything bolts together. Fits under stock 15" wheels. I like the kit...great stopping

fastbrakes.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

jup..

 

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fastbrakes.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

Great option. If you're on more of a budget you can just pick up the whole knuckle assemblies from a DA Integra. Same idea and likely a fair bit cheaper, but it'll give you a bit more positive camber (which might be a good thing anyways if you're lowered).

 

in a 90 civic hatchback, unless you've swapped out your knuckles...you've got DX knuckles (which can be found on 88-00 civic), which use 9.4" front rotors. one of your upgrade options for your 90 civic hb is to swap 90-91 civic ex knuckles, this will give you a bigger caliper & a 10.3" rotor...good luck sourcing those, they're expensive & rare. you'll need an alignment when you're all said & done.

one of the best upgrades for DX knuckles is using type-r calipers w/o an expensive 5-lug conversion. you can swap itr calipers onto your DX knuckles w/ 10.3" front rotors. the integra type-r calipers are stamped 17CL15VN & are one of the biggest one-piston calipers honda makes & uses a big brake pad. the 17cl15vn calipers can be found in junkyards (older model accord, cl, tl, rl, vigor, prelude, legend, cr-v, odyssey, etc). upon obtaining ther itr calipers, you'll need to seperate the caliper & the bracket (which is stamped 23T or 25T). the brackets will need to be sent to a machine shop & milled 2-3mm (or 1/8") in order to clear the offset of the rotor. the rotors can easily be sourced @ any parts store cheaply off-the-shelf, from 90-01 integra, 90-91 civic ex, or 99-00 si. your stock master cylinder will need to be upgraded to a 1" or 15/16" since you'll need more fluid to push the bigger piston, a master cylinder from a 90-91 civic ex will work well on your 90 civic hatchback.

if you ever decide to dump your DX knuckles, & upgrade to bigger knuckles (such as the 90-91 civic ex or 90-00 integra), you can used the machined 23T brackets w/ 17cl15vn itr calipers on 11" rotors (which can be found on +97 prelude and re-drilled to 4X100).

the milled 23T brackets will also work w/ the itr 17cl15vn calipers, legend gs 2-pot caliper & the nsx calipers as well.

pm BrakeExpert, he machines 23T brackets, re-drills rotors & specializes in oem honda brake upgrades

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1484555

 

i tryed using some 98 integra knucles/rotors/caliper( whole fromt brakes)onto my 91 civc si. i bolted the knuckle up to my upper comtrol arm and now i got this bad this really bad camber and toe problem, my ride was dropped like 1.5 inches. i plan to take them of and put on the old ones! would the DC rotor/calipers fit my ef knucles or will they fit DA or Ef ex civic ones!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dubzz24 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you can just pick up the whole knuckle assemblies from a DA Integra. Same idea and likely a fair bit cheaper, but it'll give you a bit more positive camber</TD></TR></TABLE>
No.

The DA knuckles don't "give you positive camber."

They are taller than EF knuckles, so they change the suspension geometry, creating a much more aggressive dynamic camber curve up front since the upper control arm starts out at a greater angle to the lower control arm. Thus, camber will be more positive than stock in droop, but more negative than stock in compression.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dannysolis92005 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">would the DC rotor/calipers fit my ef knucles or will they fit DA or Ef ex civic ones!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>
The DA and the EX use the same exact 10.3" rotors and 17CL14VN calipers as the '94+ Integra - the only difference is the caliper bracket, which takes a different brake pad backing plate (FMSI D409 former vs. FMSI D617 latter).

Just get the complete EX knuckles and install those.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Targa250R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Just get the complete EX knuckles and install those.</TD></TR></TABLE>

if only there were so many of those around...

i got a right hand side EX knuckle but no left....

btw, this setup on a DA knuckles makes things interesting...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2151632 i dont think a 15" wheel will work tho. stock AP1 is 16".

 

Fastbrakes is no hassle and you can keep your dx knuckles!!!
All you need is:

fastbrakes adapter kit
integra calipers and brackets
11.1" rotors 4x100

done deal! No rubbing, no hub swapping!
I did it with my b16 swap. Easy install too