[V8Vairs] Rear Disc Brakes

[Chris Wills]

George,

The Camaro rear mounting plates look fairly light, with a sheet metal 
dust/water shield attached to them, and they are gold Cadmium or Zink 
plated.

Chris Wills


>From: "George Jones" <bubblehd at excite.com>
>Reply-To: bubblehd at excite.com,discussion of non-stock engines in Corvairs 
><v8vairs at corvair.org>
>To: v8vairs at corvair.org
>Subject: RE: [V8Vairs] Rear Disc Brakes
>Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:55:43 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>Thanks Chris, I went forward with the purchase and pulled the heavy pigs 
>off the Seville. I just got them home and put them against the Vair hub. 
>Looks like a fun project. I'll keep my eyes open for a set of Camaro 
>mounting plates, in the mean time, I now have an excuse to rebuild the 
>trailing arms. Are the Camaro mounting plated any lighter? There is enough 
>area there that I may remove weight by punching some holes.
>
>Geo...
>
>  --- On Sat 03/11, Chris Wills < cjwills at msn.com > wrote:
>From: Chris Wills [mailto: cjwills at msn.com]
>To: v8vairs at corvair.org
>Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:37:58 -0800
>Subject: RE: [V8Vairs] Rear Disc Brakes
>
>George,
>Pick up mounting plates from an 83-86 Camaro with rear disc brakes.  They 
>use the same calipers as the Seville, but the rotor hat is slightly deeper. 
>  Turn the spindles to fit inside the Camaro rotor (I recall 5.8" dia) 
>Center the mounting plate with caliper at rear (you have to relocate the 
>shocks inboard) and drill holes to match the four studs that held the 
>original drum brake back plate.  you have to open up the hole in the center 
>of the Camaro plates a small amount to slip over the bearing housing.  You 
>will need to disassemble the bearing housing/spindle and reassemble...
>
>Note: The piston bore is really too small to give maximum braking as you 
>will have the front disc brakes doing more than their share.
>
>Using the Camaro mounting plate and rotor and Seville or Camaro calipers 
>looks like a factory installation, and everything lines up.
>
>Chris Wills