well some will remember i started a project to do a rotor over hub with lude 11.2 inch rotors and rx7 4 piston calipers....got most of it done my self(i hate paying for people to do stuff i could do) but this was a job for a mill and i had no mill ..so i had a guy i know do it all up for me ..charged my 150 canadian for about 6 hours of his time

from the start it looke tuff ..i was hoping the calipers would be so differetn i would just need to fab a adapter plate to make up the difference ..but i was wrong ..they were soo close it was a big problem (see other post)

i started by crinding of material from the calipers and knuckel so the off set was right ,this proved to be very hard and i ruined an knuckle in the process.

so i found a new one and talk to the mill guy, he siad no problem he had ans idea so away he went

heres how it looks now (dirty and not a finished project)

also i was able to keep the stock mounting holes in case i need the stock calipers to bolt on ...i did have them filled in with weld but we just drilled them out and taped for the stock accord caliper bolts ..kinda crafty
any who the pics


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the whole 100 % of the pad is on there ..ive got clearance through the hole caliper ..although its tight it spins freely ..the caliper bolt holes were filled with a tig welder so we could drill new ones ,the holes were moved up about an inch (less chance of it snapping anyway )

all in all i think he had to take 4 or 5 mm off the calpiers and the knuckls were just clean up abit ..mabye 2 mm or so ..ill have to ask him

oh and the stock accord lines will bolt into the rx7 calipers ..just need to shorten them a bit

price run down in canadian dollars

prelude 11.2 inch rotors 35.00 ea
accor dwheel bearings 66.00 ea
acura cl hubs 64.00 ea
rx7 4 piston calipers abhout 100.00 can after shipping

milling 100
2 12x1.25 taps(one shattered )50
welding holes shut 35.00
hawk brake pads 65.00

that is it ..sure beat nsx calipers for the stupid price i see them for ..i was ona huge budget and wanted some better brakes ..so this is what i came up with ...theres always a cheaer way to do it ...mabuye ill paint them blue and get some spoon calipers

let me know whatyou guys think ..and any questions fire away


Modified by machine4321 at 7:38 AM 4/28/2005

 

damn.....

my buddy has a S5 turbo FC ....and i love looking at those front brakes, so itll be cool to see them on an accord......cant wait to see the finished product w/ results

 

Dude, you rock! Which model RX7 are the calipers off of?

I would really like to do this as well because we all know the stock breaks blow...

 

2nd gen gxl or tubo 86 and up ...has to be gxl or turbo they had the 4 pistons
3rd gens are the same but look cooler ..just out of my price range

yes accord brakes blow lol

 

hmmph, my accord has great breaks, but there prone to heat fade..


very interesting... great find!

 

well the heat fade is the reson i hate my brakes....i tihkn there to small for th size of the car ..

 

always with the cool homemade ideas. nice one, once again!

 

thanks man ....i never have any money all at once so these projects help me stretch stuff out a bit ...i get alot of pride out of coming up with ides and making them happen even if i had lots of money i would still do stuff like this ..i would juat have really kick *** tolls to do it all man did it kill me to have to pay for the work to be done
i feel so cheap
lol but i t was nice when it all bolted up with no problems .