[Roadsters] rear brake cylinder cross reference?

[Nolan]

Hello Paul,

This one stopped well 25 years ago when it was parked.  J



There is one long straight that had a tight right hand turn at the end. The
sharp turn warning sign was the late breaking point. Putting the clamps on
to scrub off 100 mph would shoot sparks out both sides.

 There was a volunteer fire station right by the corner warning sign. I
remember seeing the guys washing their truck out of the corner of my eye one
day as I passed. They heard the explosion and saw the ball of flame out the
side exhaust when I took my foot off the gas and went for the brakes. They
dropped their buckets and wash cloths and started running for their turn out
gear.

I doubt the car will ever be driven like that again. For now I will be happy
to get it all back in working order.



We made our weekly trip to my grandparents today. It had been a very long
time since I poked around in the shed that my grandfather built to store my
toys as I moved from teenager to adult. I had not remembered that 90% of
what was in there were roadster parts. I found a snug top, middle close
ratio 5 speed, 4.38 read end, axels and brake parts.



There are several more boxes to bring home. I also found one rear caliper
from an 87ish 200SX. I suspect that I will find the other one as I poke
around.



It looks like the Volvo calipers up front are the way to go instead of
freshening up the existing calipers. In the back we will change out the >
NABCO cylinders for fresh ones.



I am open for better suggestions if anyone has any.



Best regards,

Nolan



From: Paul Kort [mailto:paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 3:46 PM
To: Nolan
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] rear brake cylinder cross reference?



  Glad to have helped.  but when it comes to brake conversions, I'm no help
at all, except to say that my 1969 1600 with a KA24E and 5 speed under the
hood, stops just fine on stock brakes.  The only reason I would every swap
out to Volvo or Toyota caliper, would be if mine were totally shot.  And
then I'd only convert because it is cheaper than buying new stock calipers.

Paul