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Old 11-26-2007, 01:06 AM
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wassup guys, i have a question about the miata brakes. i want to put bigger brakes on and i was wondering if anyone knows if the brackets from a rx7 will fit the miata calipers miata, ive heard that it does but i just want to make sure. alrite, thanks
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Old 11-26-2007, 09:01 AM
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what year do you have?

If you have a 1.6L you can simply get the 1.8L brackets and reuse your existing calipers to use the larger 10" 1.8L rotors and pads.

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Scot he is saying he has some rx7 brakes he want's to know if they will do him any good. To the OP I dunno realy you might have to be the one to try this and let us know about it.
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I doubt they'll fit. If you have the brackets it takes about 15minutes to go find out yourself.
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send me the brackets and i will let you know
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Hmm I have two FCs sitting in my shop with my Miata right now.. If I get bored I may take a braket off one and see how they measure up.
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Old 11-27-2007, 04:02 AM
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sorry, i wasnt really clear on that. I meant that i was wondering if rx7 brackets will fit on my 1992 miata calipers. i was looking for the older year brackets from a miata but there surprisingly hard to find at the pick and pull. I happen to see a lot of rx7s there though so i was just wondering.
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Apex where is your shop?
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Few Miata here has fab new bridge brackets to fit FC/FD calipers. Furthermore, you will need to find brake disc to fit your hubs.
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Originally Posted by Loki047
Apex where is your shop?
Racine, WI. I think Roman may have been there a while back when my friends were running their parts sales out of it.

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Few Miata here has fab new bridge brackets to fit FC/FD calipers. Furthermore, you will need to find brake disc to fit your hubs.
Lmao, it completely slipped my mind that they are 5 lug..
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IIRC, I've seen rx7 (FD i believe) caliper kits for the miata, required custom brackets.
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Originally Posted by ApexOnYou
Lmao, it completely slipped my mind that they are 5 lug..
Depends on the package, some FC's are 4 lug and some are 5.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
IIRC, I've seen rx7 (FD i believe) caliper kits for the miata, required custom brackets.
I believe I've seen a kit that includes a wilwood based front package and brackets for rx7 calipers in the back.
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Originally Posted by BenR
Depends on the package, some FC's are 4 lug and some are 5.
Oops you are correct, I should have known considering my SE originally came with 4lug hubs before the PO swapped it. There must be something in the water up here.. Because im losing it!!
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