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Hey 6037PBB--
As far as those brakes go, ga16det has made this brake upgrade & he reports great results. You can scroll up in this thread & find his page on cardomain. (This guy is into some serious turbonics & all--just have a look: big-bore mandrel-bent tubes & other scary hardware going everywhere.)
I'm no expert on this, but from what I've read you can buy the brake kit new (from Mossy or someplace, maybe $600 all told), but there are ways to do it less expensively, if you can find a good salvage yard. If you go that route for the calipers, it would be wise to follow ga16det's example & get new Nissan seals for the pistons. No reason to cut corners or take chances on the gizmos that bring your car to a stop. Also you can actually bleed brake lines single-handed--but I definitely prefer having a buddy around for that.
You can go the full route & replace the rear drums with discs, too--but also from what I've read, some folks have done that & been disappointed, as if the rear discs were not worth the time, money & trouble.
The laws of physics dictate that as you brake (which is technically an acceleration in a planar vector diametrically opposite that of the vehicle's direction of travel & momentum), the car's inertial mass & center of gravity shift forward. This compresses your springs, explaining why the hood dives under hard braking (and conversely, also why all those old Road Runners & other Chrysler vehicles that were jacked up so high in the back at a standstill would hunker down & flatten out about 130mph). So the front brakes on any vehicle will always do the lion's share of stopping.
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well-maintained winter blue B13 w/4-speed auto OD still itching for some upgrades (90+K on the clock)
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