On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 16:58:01 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Just came back from a pleasure trip to Norway, It was great with > loads > of nice weather.> We have 80 degrees here in Italy today, and guess what that mean ??> BBQ and cold beer after work !!! > I could need some info on 12" disc brakes and tall spindles. > How much better is this setup than the standard parts
The car handles much better - flatter thru a high speed curve. > which are the cars I could take them from ? 78-92 Big Car (caprice, impala, other similar GM - ) 12" is most often found on station wagons . You can get much of the same benefit with a Tall spindle swap (same work/idea) from 70-82 camaro or 73-77 chevelle. But these use 11" rotor. These parts will be easier to find. > What parts to take, rotors and spindles or would I need control arms > as > well ?? You will not need control arms. Take rotors only if they are in good shape. > would I need to redrill the rotors to 4,75" You could use the 12" rotors from a station wagon, but they will have a 5inch bolt pattern - chevelle is 4 3/4. I guess that they could be redrilled. 1LE 12" rotors from a 90-92 IROC Camaro has 4 3/4 bolt pattern, but uses metric wheel studs, so the studs need to be changed if you want to use the same lug nuts on front and back. > will my 1968 4 piston calipers fit on the spindle or would I need to > make a bracket ? After I bought replacement calipers, I found that the stock calipers from my 72 will fit on the late model spindle - yours probably will also. Apparently the basic caliper didn't change much over the years - just the location of the flexible brake line connection. > I heard that this will lower the car 1", but will front track be > wider > or narrower ??? On my 72, the wheels were wider by 3/8 inch on each side. Some useful links: >http://home.earthlink.net/~cjcarri/brkswap/brkswap.htm#spindl > >http://www.geocities.com/skullmobile/brakes.htm > >http://links.chevelles.net/links/WorkShop/Brakes_Suspension/ > >http://chevelles.com/techref/ > >http://www.chevelles.com/techref/ftecref2.html > >http://hotchkis.net Andre I'm also sending you an email with some specific part numbers. Finally Dave Reinke did this swap on his 69 using the stock upper control arms. He has an excellent web page on this. I don't have time to track down the uRL now, but will look later. He posts regularly in the brake forum at team chevelle. Look for member dreineke rick schaefer > Thanks ! > > Andr� > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
