Short answer: No.
Long answer:
If I wanted to spend a lot of money and time, and only have something that looked cooler than stock, but didn't work as well and screwed up my car's dynamics, I'd consider it.
To get R35 brakes on a FT86, you'd need to do the following design and fabrication work:
- Custom caliper mounting brackets- You'd have to fabricate aluminum brackets to hold the calipers in the correct orientation on the car, relative to the disc.
- Custom disc hats- You'd need fabricate hats that properly fit the FT86 bolt pattern and GT-R disc mounting pattern.
- Custom brake lines- Fitting on the hard line end that mated up with the FT86, but the GT-R calipers on the caliper end.
- Different master cylinder bores sized appropriately to match the torque output of the GT-R calipers.
If you are an engineer who knows SolidWorks, & a talented machinist with access to all of your tools and materials for free, then have at it. Otherwise, you're probably looking at several grand to have someone make those parts for you (properly), on top the cost of the brakes. Also, the person doing the work for you may not be a brake engineer with any experience, which may not be the best idea on such an important safety device. You can carve some hunks of aluminum and slap them on the car, but I wouldn't want those being the only thing between me and a tire wall at 140mph. Properly designed parts are evaluated for stress/loads using FEA, and parts are QC checked after fabrication to ensure they are not flawed.
Only reason to do it: It would look cool on a show car sitting still under shiny spotlights.
Main reasons not to do it:
- You'd be adding a ridiculous amount of unsprung weight, and fouling up your acceleration, cornering, and pretty much all of the vehicle dynamics built into this lightweight platform. More than likely the car would typically feel like you're driving through mud.
- Replacement parts- Get some prices on spare discs and pads for that setup, and watch your 401k disappear. Pads are $350-$600 per front set. Discs are $500 each. You can buy a complete aftermarket brake kit for the FT86 for far cheaper than one set of spare GT-R pads and discs.
- You'd have to go through the hassle of the design and fabrication points above.
- The final outcome, potential success, and safety of the system would depend heavily on who actually did the work, and whether or not they knew what they were doing.
Final comments:
Even if you got the GT-R brakes for free, you'd still spend more money trying to get them on the car and operating properly than you would just buying an aftermarket brake system designed specifically for the FT86.
This is one of the most classic mistakes in all of the aftermarket, and I've seen it many times. It always starts with a phone call, "I got a great deal on a set of XYZ brakes..." It usually ends with another call a few months later saying, "I give up, please sell me some brakes designed for this car, and put me out of my misery."
My advice would be to buy a GT-R if you really want GT-R brakes, or buy a brake system designed specifically for the FT86 platform if you want better looks and performance. Brembo is selling a nice six piston front / four piston rear setup, I believe StopTech may be as well, and my company will be offering an AP Racing brake system with a 6 piston front/4 piston rear. I know Baer was working on a brake system for these cars, and I'm sure there will be others. There are lots of options out there that will cause you considerably less anguish than trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
That's my insight after dealing with many thousands of aftermarket brake customers over the past 10 years. Do with it what you will.
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