I know that the Nissian Sentra (Spec-V) has the same wheel bolt pattern/offset/ and over all size as the 02-03 OZ. My question is. Could I get a set of front and back Sentra rotors and bolt them up to my Lancer. I realize that they:
a) my stock wheels may not fit around them
b) The rears will have to have a bit more work because I will be changing from drums to rotors.

Could I use after market Sentra Rotors on my car?

Could this or has this been done?

 

if the lug pattern is the same then it should work......but isnt that kindav sacreligious...to put NISSAN parts on your Mitsu? i dont think i would do it if i had the chance jsut because i would get hazed to pieces for not spending the extra bucks for the mitsu stuff.........just my .02

but yea....if you get the right wheels to make it fit, and al lthe custom hardware it shoudl fit.

the kits arent alot tho for the mistu stuff

 

Lug pattern won't matter a whole lot. It's gonna come down to the mount points for the calipers, they'll have to match

 

NO.....the fronts might work but, the rear will not!!! There is a ton of work to convert drum to disc.

first you would have to find some one that makes a hub that can either bolt or be welded in place to fit the new calipers you would have to buy.

This is just for the rear:

overall you would need
all hardware(bolts,washers,fittings...)
new calipers
brake bias controller
new brakelines
hub to attach caliper
more stuff that I can't think of right now

converting drum to disc is not as easy as just removing drum brakes and adding a rotor!!!

 

True, I kinda over looked that part. Could I not use my stock calipers with Nissan Rotors? Reason why Iam asking is because a buddy of mine bought some slotted rotors for his Spec V. Then before he installed them bought crossdrilled rotors in hopes of being able to return the slotted ones. He got lazy and never returned them and they are just sitting in his garage. If they would fit I would put them on my car. Then I started woundering about putting rotors on the rear. I guess I could just try the fronts and see if they fit.

Thanks
Danno

 

they would have to be the exact same measurements as the lancer ones

 

Thanks, brakes arnt really my experties. I usually get a shop to do them for liabilty reasons. I can do them, but i just perfer not to and therefor don't have much knowledge in the area.

 

Probably been talked about before, but what about the brake system of the Ralliart. I know it's 5 bolts, but can it easily be swapped from a Ralliart to a regular Lancer?

 

Exactly the fronts have to be the same dimensions as our stockers, sentra rotor might still be the same diameter but it could greatly effect our wheel offset. Overall it could be done(but you would have to be very knowledgable about brake systems or know someone that is), but it would not be cost effective and would not help you greatly performance wise!

If the sentra rotor is of the same offset and larger diameter then a caliper bracket can be constructed to move the caliper to fit the larger rotor as long as it fits the inner diameter of your wheel.

if you want better go wilwood, they've taken most of the guess work out of the their kit. You just have to make sure you can clear the caliper and the offset would not make you scrape your tires on the fenderwell.

 

^ the reason why I think its so close is because you can put Spec-v wheels on a OZ and OZ wheels on a Sentra and it fits perfectly. I will check all the dimensions of the rotors before I start. I will worry about the rears another day (when I have enough power to need them)

Thanks for the help

 

just remember because the wheels are interchangeable does not mean the their brakes are!

civics and lancer es's have a 4 x 100mm bolt pattern
civics have either a 240 mm rotor diameter
---or--- a 262mm rotor diameter
lancers are close to a 254mm rotor diameter

with the 240 rotor on a lancer es the brake pad would not entirely contact the rotor surface(some of the pad would not touch the rotor=bad

with a 262 rotor it probably wouldn't even fit(rotor would be too large)

 

Ya I just got all the dimesions, They dont fit.

 

sounds interesting. try it and see what happens. keep us posted.

 

A major problem that you may have is that there are no mounting points for the rear calipers on rear drum set up and that the calipers from the Nissan will incorporate the hand brake, not an internal drum.

Also another thing to consider is that you will need to change your master cylinder. Cars equiped with rear discs have different master cylinders than those that are equiped with rear drums. There is a valve in there and I forget what it's called now.

I would strongly suggest you do a complete swap. Find a wrecked RalliArt and switch parts. This may mean you will need to change the rear lower contol arms as well as the brake components.

It's a big job, but not really hard to do. If we hook up at a meet we can discuss everything in detail.

 

I know nothing much of brakes... but the ralliart should fit on the regular lancers just have to modify a couple of things...
the regular civic has 4 bolts, and people convert their breaks to the 5 bolt system (type R) so it should be 2 different as how they do it right?