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The Honda engine is better and so is the transmission. It has better brakes and better suspension. Why don't you just buy a Honda?

i was running front calipers off of a 88 crx si with 4 wheel brakes, get the loaded calipers that come with the bracket, go to your local hardware store and get some shims that fit the hub to caliper bolts, the caliper needs to be shimed out a bit to center it over the rotor, i also got longer mounting bolts.
stock brake lines fit the caliper, use the honda brake pads and the swift gt rotor.

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1992 geo metro the perpetual project car
1986 suzuki samurai LWB aka beth
1994 suzuki sidekick 4 door

Honduh Engine Better? Really? Too make any power you have to reinforce the block or you'll crack the cylinder wall sleeves. Torque isn't in the Honda dictionary. Bigger they are... Better...

Transmission you say... I can show you many Honduhs with 2nd gear syncro problems, in fact almost all the SIghs have it, a guy I work with, has an 07, and guess what, 2nd gear is picky as shit. Wanna know what Honda told him, it's supposed to be like that... It's not even an SI, just a DX.

Suspension Better?? Hahahahaha... Top brace, bottom brace, back bracing, drop it into the weeds....

Braking... Well it needs bigger brakes to deal with the extra weight... Also well maintained brakes will out stop neglected brakes, and most people I notice seem to go for brake upgrade rather than repair then notice "huge performance gains". Not that I am writing off big brake kits, bigger brakes will stop heavier/faster loads, than smaller brakes.

I do enjoy disliking Shivics...

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My cars:

J. McBean: '98 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 16v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk5" Made in Canada
The Mini Rattler: '94 Suzuki Swift .993L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk3" Made in Canada *The Winter Beater*
B. Berry: '90 Chevrolet Turbo Sprint 1.0L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk2" Made in Japan

I got 18MPG in a 3cyl with a 5 speed manual 4dr, '93 Metro!

I was joking. I see people on this site talking about honda engine swaps and honda brake swaps and wonder why they don't just start out with a honda. I think if they started with a honda, they could put corvette drive train and suspension in it, then they would have a real car.

I know you were, but it was just in case some new guy stumbled onto this post.

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My cars:

J. McBean: '98 Suzuki Swift 1.3L 16v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk5" Made in Canada
The Mini Rattler: '94 Suzuki Swift .993L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk3" Made in Canada *The Winter Beater*
B. Berry: '90 Chevrolet Turbo Sprint 1.0L 6v SOHC 5sp+ "Mk2" Made in Japan

I got 18MPG in a 3cyl with a 5 speed manual 4dr, '93 Metro!

Does anybody have anything to add to this? I bought remanned calipers for an 89 CRX Si, have had the pads and swift rotors kicking around for a long time. Track day August 30th, on brand new r-compounds I need these calipers so I can clear the custom 13" steelies Jeff and I had made, so I hope it ends up being relatively straight forward tomorrow morning

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HiTemp Inc. ....... taking over the world one Sprint Turbo and Swift GTi at a time.

Chassis Flex Motorsports

I bought PFC PADS, honda crx si caliper & reysbestos steel rotors!

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Bong,Bong,Bong....zuki's

anybody have a site that I can order 12mm x 1.25pitch x 27mm bolt for the mount?

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1992 Geo Metro Convertible (with mk2 g10t)

I'm wondering about the mounting bracket... if you get the calipers at the autoparts store, does it come with them? Or is it even needed?

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89 GTi Zippy (sold)
Search Teamswift via Google

caliper and mounting bracket usually sold separately. and yes you will need the mounting bracket as well.

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1992 Geo Metro Convertible (with mk2 g10t)

Any detailed pics of the conversion?

this topic needs pictures or photos desperately!!......can i do this conversion to my 1985 mk1???? thanks everyone

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suzuki forsa 1985 (SA310)
g13bb swap
GTi flywheel
clutchnet 3 solid puck clutch
clutchnet red pressure plate
honda short shifter> back to stock shifter
short ram intake
baleno 1.6 ecu
custom header with 2" exhaust
GTi front hub and calipers swap
soon mk1 GTi exterior coversion

Some comparison pictures...





On the left, swift gti caliper, on the right crx caliper...

...haven't assembled it yet... soon I hope...

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Hi, I'm a little bit confused.

I probably found a pair of calipers from a '90 CRX VT; are they good as a direct replacement upgrade?

I looked onto catalogues and I found that these calipers shoud mount on every CRX model, but their part numbers are different from Concerto Calipers, that I know are good...

Thank you very much!

Since this started a long time ago and there aren't any pictures of the caliper swap on the car anymore, this is what it looks like (I think, I am posting as much for feedback as anything else):



Right now this is just a test fitment to make sure I have the right spacers and get the right length bolts (note the original caliper still dangling from the strut...). I put two 1/2" (hole not width) stainless washers in to shim ~ .10" as can be seen in this photo. Which means I should need about a 28 mm M12 bolt (original is 25mm) to engage all the threads. I notice that this caliper and bracket do not look the same as the picture further up on the page--the bracket is open on the outside rather than connecting across. Did I get the right one? Bracket came from a junker CRX, but no way to know if it was an Si model, rebuilt calipers came from Autozone.



Bolt spacing is obviously the same, but I might have to wait till my pads get in to know for sure whether the bracket is correct.

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1994 Swift GT chump special autocross warrior

Edit:

I wrote a post asking about caliper orientation because I remembered (incorrectly) pulling the brackets from the rear of the disc on the CRX at the yard, so I was wondering whether it was more important for them to be on the same side as the donor or right side up. Some Googling of images of 1988 CRX Si's cleared this up--they are on the front just like the Swift, so no need swap sides or be concerned about it.

Seeing as this post is stuck out here anyway, however, I'll follow up with pictures of the finished job. I can confirm that these are the "correct" 1988 CRX Si (regardless of what other myriad Hondas they might also fit) calipers that Murr suggested swapping in the first place and that everything works exactly as described.

Here are the calipers, complete with EBC Greenstuff pads, on Brembo blank replacement rotors:



Here's a shot of the 1/2" stainless washers you need to shim everything out. Notice how tight the clearances are! I can't believe this actually works as everything is within a mm or so.



Finally, here's everything all together with new stainless brake lines. I also relocated the bracket slightly upwards and forwards because I was having a problem with tire rubbing (!) on the lines at full steering lock after installing caster bushings. Hopefully I've solved that problem, improved my brakes slightly, and increased wheel clearance enough to fit the 13" racing wheels I am hoping to pick up shortly.

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1994 Swift GT chump special autocross warrior

One final tidbit to add:

I read the horror story about pulling the stock bolt out with the last four threads of the bracket still attached, so I did get some longer bolts (not shown in my pictures). They might be very hard to find in a suitable grade (U.S. hardware stores have extremely lame selections of metric fasteners).

I picked up some bolts, 12mm-1.25 X 30 10.9 HEX CS (full thread) from http://www.allensfasteners.com. These have a larger 19mm head, but otherwise fit no problem. In fact, I was concerned that I would have to cut or grind them down a little because it seems that nobody makes a 28mm bolt. Instead the bolt was still a tiny bit (less than 0.5mm) shy of contacting all the threads in the bracket with a lock washer in place. I think that's reasonable but if you really want an exact fit you might get a bolt that is longer still and cut it down or use and extra washer on the other side.