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View Poll Results: 13" Brakes: Any Interest?
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Old 04-05-2008, 07:10 PM   #1
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Re: How Much Interest: 13" Big Brake Upgrade

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Spindle mods included cutting the original caliper ears off, drilling out 2 of the splash shield holes to a larger size (.500"), re-tapping the 'new' larger holes, & clearance grinding for the adapter bracket bolts.
So I won't be able to run a splash shield! Oh, no, that kills the deal for me.

I'm already looking for calipers. Also, I'm wondering if the LS1 F-body calipers would work too. The calipers are VERY similar to the corvette calipers and are a lot more plentiful, and then don't include the corvette tax on them.
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Re: How Much Interest: 13" Big Brake Upgrade

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So I won't be able to run a splash shield! Oh, no, that kills the deal for me.

I'm already looking for calipers. Also, I'm wondering if the LS1 F-body calipers would work too. The calipers are VERY similar to the corvette calipers and are a lot more plentiful, and then don't include the corvette tax on them.
LS1 calipers are 2-pot 38mm, I'm not sure what's on your vette but IIRC it's also 38mm so that's an option. I'm using Z51 option calipers which are 2-pot 40mm.
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