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Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 25th, 2012, 2:31 am
by MrMazda92
Well with all the brake swap information floating around, I would have thought this had been answered previously, but haven't seen it anywhere.

Has anybody attempted to swap Front discs/calipers onto the rear of an MX-3? I don't know why I can't find anything on it, I doubt I'm the first to wonder.

Wyt, you'll probably be all over this! :lol:

Re: Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 25th, 2012, 10:09 am
by Tavman_1213
With the front caliper you wouldn't have an e-brake because of the design of the front caliper. The rears have a mechanical aspect to them which is your e-brake along with the primary which is hydraulic. As for the mounting of the caliper I have no clue if its the same.

Re: Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 25th, 2012, 12:31 pm
by Josh
You can swap them, like what was said is that you loose your ebrake. SO if you search around you can find a hydraulic ebrake that you would have to plumb in line with them. there are some left and right independent ones for rally too :)

Edit: With the Miata Sport rear conversion, is it really necessary?

Re: Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 25th, 2012, 4:26 pm
by MrMazda92
The Miata option is more expensive, but I imagine it's simpler. :lol:

I just wanted to see if it had been considered, I didn't even consider the handbrake tbh :freak:

Re: Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 26th, 2012, 11:13 pm
by wytbishop
Never even crossed my mind. I imagine that the front rotor would have clearance problems with the rear spindle. It's thicker.

Re: Rear brake swap...?

Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:47 am
by MrMazda92
Well thanks everyone :) I think this one is more trouble than it's worth! :lol: