pimpprotege69

What do you estimate the braking distance will be after these upgrades?

60-0 , 100-0 , etc

Eric F

Besides better than it is now, I have no idea.

Eric F

Biknman, have you gotten your upgrade kit from Precision brakes yet? I'm still waiting for mine. I still haven't located anywhere other than MAZMART that has the stock rear calipers. Anyone else? I'm wondering what the Protomotive/AWR WC Proteges are using in their brake systems? I think they are running Wilwood 4 wheel disc setups with the 4x100mm hubs also. I wonder what they are using for a master cylinder and proportioning valve? Joe or Jim, care to provide any information?

tresdos3

o.k guys sorry if this is a stupid q..but my knowledge of brakes is very limited

if i upgrade my front rotors to bigger dba's...can i use my stock front discs to swap the drums in the back??


o.k. you can all laugh at me now

Eric F

OK, I'm done laughing. j/k Unfortunately, no you can't swap your front brakes to the rear. To convert your rear drums to discs, the first thing you need is new spindles for disc brakes. The front spindles are different. Your current hubs will work on the rear disc spindles. You would then need rear rotors, calipers, brake lines, parking brake cables, dust shields, etc. The parts are available from Mazda Motorsports, and are fairly affordable except for the rear calipers. Those run about $344 ea.

Eric F

I've finally gotten my complete front brake upgrade from Precision Brakes Co. The kit consists of DBA long life gold 13" rotors, Wilwood billet dynalite calipers and polymatrix D compound pads, stainless steel braided teflon brake lines, and brackets to mount the calipers. It took PB two months to finally get me the kit, and when it arrived and I did the test fit, it didn't! the rotors were supposed to be made from blanks, so I expected them to be hub centric and drilled with a 4 x 100mm lug pattern. The lug pattern was right, but the hole in the rotor for the hubs was larger than our 55mm hubs. Also, the bracket they fabricated to mount the Wilwood calipers (the only part that they had to fabricate, BTW) provided slightly too much offset away from the hub. This caused the brake pads to extend about 1/8" out past the rotor. After complaining/arguing with them for a while they agreed to fix it. Almost a month later I received replacement brackets and aluminum centering rings for the rotors. This time everything does indeed fit. I'll do the install this weekend and take some pics. I'd have to give a very cautious recommendation to Precision Brakes. I'm happy with the finished product, but the time delays and numerous phone calls and emails that weren't returned would make me rate their customer service extremely low. especially since they don't have an 800 #.
The search for stock rear calipers for the rear disc conversion goes on...