300ZX brakes into S13, also spacers

[boogie]

Hey guys,

I'm swapping in S14 front calipers and Z32 rears onto my S13 and I need your help/opinion on a couple of things:
-The Z32 rears use drum handbrakes and from searching forums I see the UK S13s have drum handbrakes so it's just a matter of swapping discs and calipers - do you know if all Euro S13s have drums as well? I haven't dismantled mine yet so I'm not sure, from staring at it it looks like it's thick enough that a drum mechanism is hiding under there but I need to be sure before I start taking stuff apart as parts take a long time to arrive nowadays (and are expensive, can we please go back 10 years )

-Regarding the brake master cylinder, I've Googled around and I honestly became more confused as there's people recommending a plethora of different BMCs - what do you guys use and works well for you? Do I need a booster to go along with it? Also, might have to run the stock BMC for a bit - pedal feel aside, would it be safe?

-I have wheels that do not clear the new calipers and so I'll need to use spacers - I'm going to get some bolt-on hubcentric spacers but I have to decide either to get thicc boi 30mms to clear the studs (wheels are 4 and 5 pattern so there's no recess for the lugs) or get 20mm ones and slice the studs down to get them to fit.

-Regarding the rear disc splash shields, is there a way to remove them without mangling them or removing the hubs? I'd like to keep them with the larger Z32 discs, and I don't really want to have to grind/bend them in situ but I guess I will if the other option is having to remove everything to get to them

[pointz]

All 200sx s13's came with rear drums.
180sx came with same setup as s14 ie caliper and disc.

BMC I agree people will recommend all different ones, my suggestion.
Keep the oem one and see how you like the pedal feel. I ran oem with z32 brakes all round and never felt the need to complain but also depends how you use the car.

I'm personally not a fan of big spacers but if you got an arch to tyre gap to fill then kill 2 birds with 1 stone? Or invest/swap for better fitting wheels.

You cannot remove the dust shields without splitting the hub from the knuckle, could you not tin snip the lip off?

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[green_rs13]

when you have the rear discs off run a grinder around the bits that need cutting off.

just swap the calipers and the discs for the rear.

make sure you have the z32 front caliper mounting bolts.

[boogie]

Thanks for the info!
I'll stick with the stock BMC then, I guess it should be fine as I won't really do much of "aggressive" driving.
For the shields I'll just snip the excess lip then tidy it up with a grinder, sounds good.

[skyshack]

The 4 pot calipers don't use a banjo on the brake hose, they have a union that seals on a nipple in the caliper. Most people buy new hoses. I carefully filed a flat land on the caliper so the banjo would seal and drilled the end of the banjo bolt to clear the nipple.