<VV> RE: Disk brakes

[levair at aol.com]

   I have used the 4 wheel disc brake set up from Corvair Underground for several years for both autocross and many track events with no trouble what so ever.  I still am using the original supplied pads. I can run 13" wheels on either end if I want. 
   I thought the price was very reasonable and did not have to engineer (or re-engineer) anything.
  Warren 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Dowds <ed_dowds at hotmail.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:48:41 -0500
Subject: <VV> RE: Disk brakes


Wade wrote: 
"The Scarebird website mentions using 1982-87 Camaro rear rotors instead of the 
4wd S-10 rotors 
in your post. Is this change due to the revised caliper mounting bracket? Is the 
front or rear 
S-10 rotor used? Does this require any other parts substitution (especially the 
calipers?) 
How did the brakes perform after the changeover?" 
 
I don't know why he is now suggesting Camaro rotors. Maybe they are cheaper or easier to find. The metric, front, 2wd, S10 calipers we used look different than the picture he now shows of a Celebrity caliper. The S10 caliper has the hose mounting on the edge of the caliper rather than the back the way it looks in his current picture. The Celebrity caliper would give you more options of routing the hose. The rotor we used was from the front of a 4wd S10. The 2wd ones come mounted on the hub. 
My friend likes the idea of only having to remember that the parts came from an S10 rather than a mixture of cars and trucks! I convinced him to keep a log of what parts were used so he can refer to them in the future. 
I have not driven the car but as I wrote before it is a '34 Ford with a Corvair front end so I don't know if it would be a good comparison to a Corvair. 
 
Scarebird is a little stingy with his pictures. The ones he shows are generic and are meant to show examples of how his brackets work. 
  Ed 
 
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