For anyone thinking of going with the tall spindle disc conversion, look for a mid 80's station wagon to get your spindles, most of them came with 12" rotors instead of 11". The only catch is the bolt pattern is 5x5 so the rotors will need to be redrilled with the correct 5x4.75 pattern.
cYa- Herb Lumpp 1966 El Camino, LS6, 6 spd, Currie 9" ACES 3509 http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "rick schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:52 PM Subject: Re:[Chevelle-List] new to me 65 Chevelle > Jason > Welcome to the list. We look forward to seeing your 65 progress from "a little rough" to showstopper :D Good choice of car and a good idea to tackle safety issues first. > > From memory, the S-10 spindles will work, but something tells me that they are not the best (easiest) choice for an upgrade. I can't remember what the limiting factor is, maybe someone else can help. > > A frequent swap that works well is the "Tall Spindle" swap. Found on 70-81 Camaros, 73-77 chevelles and B-Bodies from 77-91. This one gives you disks, and also improves handling. > > Check http://links.chevelles.net/links/WorkShop/Brakes_Suspension/ for a bunch of info & BTDT links. > > > > > rick schaefer > 72 El camino > http://www.endrud.net/elcamino/rick1972elky.html > ACES #00140 > Team Chevelle #00038 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
