Bf11 Rear Brakes To Fg Rear

[HID XR]

will BF rear brakes fit a FG as the FG are 303mm and the BF are 328mm

steve

[Mazza]

I have fitted BF 328mm ventilated rotors and the matching (and much larger) calipers to my BA as it too had 303 solids on the rear.

They bolted straight up, I just had to use the tin snips to remove a little of the steel shroud that sits behind the rotors. I'm assuming they are the same as the FG as the pad part numbers are the same meaning the same calipers and therefore same mounting points?

I also did the fronts, going up from the standard BA 298mm rotors to the BF 322mm that have the pillar cooling rather than the tubes, if that makes sense.

The fronts use exactly the same caliper and pad, except the caliper is extended where it mounts up. The rears are a big change over standard though with much larger pads, caliper and of course rotors, again with the pillar venting.

I got all the hardware from FTG Salvage. Their advice was don't bother with the rear upgrade. They recommended to keep the 303 rotors and instead fit the Lucas/TRW pads. The gent at FTG uses these pads in his Nissan Patrol race truck (oxymoron? ;-) ).

I ended up doing the front and rear rotor/caliper upgrade and the TRW/Lucas pads but in retrospect I probably should have saved my money and just done the pads (possibly with slotted rotors) as these pads have great bite and are cheap (try ATAP). I found a write up on these by a fella that races Toyota Supra's and he endorsed them for serious track work too. This pad is a bit of a "sounds too good to be true" but ends up delivering. It's quiet, can handle high temps without fade and has great pedal feel and is cheap. The down side is plenty of dust but it makes my rims look like 17" Dark Agents so I'm happy! Also I did a very thourough fluid flush with Penrite dot 4.

Race Breaks have a rather long write up on this forum that basically says don't bother with hardware upgrades, instead they guarantee any car will be track ready with their pad and fluid upgrade, naturally I did not find this until I had done my hardware!

Notwithstanding I still want 6/4 pot Brembos front and rear!

Next up is the re-bushing of the entire front end with Superpro. Now that the brakes are good I'm hanging out for a tight, pointy and feelsome front end. Next weekends' job.