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Re: Mazda 4 piston brakes on AE86? Fri, 29 August 2003 08:12 Go to previous message
You can get the RX7 calipers onto an AE86 using an adaptor plate and 180SX rotors. I have written about this before.

Apparently RA40 strut legs are identical to AE86s, apart from the stub axle which is fatter and has a better caliper mounting arrangement, and the spring platform, which can be turned off and replaced with the sprinter one. Inserts will allegedly swap straight over and height/camber is not a problem.

So using RA40 strut leg, AE86 spring and upper, custom adaptor plate, RX7 calipers and finding a suitable disc from the DBA catalog seems to me like a good plan. Not cheap, but good.

Hen

RX7 caliper mount spacing is 158 mm centre to centre
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