Caliper Question

Neil · Post by **Neil** » August 2nd, 2006, 3:14 pm

Does anyone know or have a list of which brake calipers off other cars (Ford Probe, etc) will fit directly onto an MX-3?

I called the auto wreckers today to go scrounging for MX-3 parts but they don’t have any MX-3’s at the moment.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » August 2nd, 2006, 3:23 pm

Do you need a front or rear caliper? Front calipers are very cheap.. at least the last time I checked.. they were only $45 each. The rear ones are a lot more expensive though. Best of luck.

Tunes67

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » August 2nd, 2006, 4:23 pm

Look in the FAQ for interchangability.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » August 2nd, 2006, 4:39 pm

Tunes67 wrote:Do you need a front or rear caliper? Front calipers are very cheap.. at least the last time I checked.. they were only $45 each. The rear ones are a lot more expensive though. Best of luck.

Tunes67

I need both front and rear calipers. If the front ones are that cheap I will just buy them Brand New. Depending on the price I will see about the rears.

lakersfan1 wrote:Look in the FAQ for interchangability.

Maybe I didn’t read it right. But I thought that it just explained which rotors could be interchanged. Not which calipers? At least I didn’t think it explained which REAR calipers could be swapped.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » August 2nd, 2006, 4:46 pm

Tunes67 wrote:Do you need a front or rear caliper? Front calipers are very cheap.. at least the last time I checked.. they were only $45 each. The rear ones are a lot more expensive though. Best of luck.

Tunes67

I just phoned Piston Ring and this is the prices they gave me (In Canadian)

Front Driver Side: $61.51 each ($52.28 with discount)
Front Passenger Side: $62.64 each ($53.24 with discount)
(He couldn’t figure out why one is $1 more than the other)

Rear Driver Side: $148.98 each ($126.63 with discount)
Rear Passenger Side: $148.98 each ($126.63 with discount)

Front Core: $50 each ($42.50 with discount)
Rear Core: $70 each ($59.50 with discount)

nope-mx3 · Post by **nope-mx3** » August 2nd, 2006, 5:14 pm

are there any bigger discs and calipers from other Mazda cars that fit on our models? I`m interested in brakes that are rated for more HP from Mazda.

That way I might be able to get a 2.5 conversion legal in Norway, and fully approved in the papers for the car.

-nope

LooseChangeRacing · Post by **LooseChangeRacing** » August 2nd, 2006, 5:26 pm

yep, you have 1 option, the big brake kit....i think it's around $1500 on corksport....other than that, check my worklog, i'm being lazy, but I know my rear calipers were cheaper than that....i do believe so....got mine from advanced auto

nope-mx3 · Post by **nope-mx3** » August 2nd, 2006, 5:33 pm

The Bigbrake kit is not possible to get approved here, as it`s not standard on any Mazda.

-nope

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » August 2nd, 2006, 6:02 pm

No caliper will bolt on. From what I've been able to tell we use a one of a kind spindle and thus cannot use brakes from any other car. The rears are made by Mistubishi so you might be able to find a Mitsu that would swap over, but I doubt it.
Will they let you have a caliper mounting arm? If so you cna use jsut about whatever brakes you want. The only trick is getting the arm perfectly in the right spot. This usualy takes a CAD program if you want it spot on.

Neil · Post by **Neil** » August 2nd, 2006, 6:20 pm

PATDIESEL wrote:No caliper will bolt on. From what I've been able to tell we use a one of a kind spindle and thus cannot use brakes from any other car. The rears are made by Mistubishi so you might be able to find a Mitsu that would swap over, but I doubt it.
Will they let you have a caliper mounting arm? If so you cna use jsut about whatever brakes you want. The only trick is getting the arm perfectly in the right spot. This usualy takes a CAD program if you want it spot on.

Thanks for the info Pat

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » August 2nd, 2006, 6:31 pm

Agreed with PAT.. The rear calipers are the ones that will be a Pita to take care of. If you DO find a Mitsushitty part number or direct swap over replacement.. make sure you post it up for posterior sake

(Yes thats a joke) Good luck on the project Neil

Tunes67