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Peter D · 06-25-05, 11:02 AM

Mike, its a little hard to visualise without Lynn's drawing, but looking at my setup (same as yours with DRB uprights, 88 Vette brakes), it seems that the outer parts of the calipers are around 3/8" outboard of the mating surface of the rotors / wheel hubs. Its midnight here now, so the concept of firing up the rattle gun to remove a wheel may not be a really good idea ! Let me know if you want some more accurate measurements.

I have Simmons 10" FR17 wheels set up as per DRB/GT40 Aust specs (140mm offset) & they easily clear the Vette brake calipers. The inner rim edges are quite close to the lower trailing arm rose joints, so you would not want to take them wider in the inside - but - I could do with an extra 1/2" on the outside. The Simmons wheels have quite a bit of "stand-off" from the rotor/wheel mating surface to the inner sides of the spokes (about 20mm in my case), so larger brake calipers are a possibility.

Hope this helps a bit.

Kind Regards,

Peter D.

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Peter D delaneyp Peter D Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Sydney, Australia GT40: DRB #27 Posts: 1,245 Rep Power: 21	Re: Clearance cut in wheels for Corvette spindles??? Mike, its a little hard to visualise without Lynn's drawing, but looking at my setup (same as yours with DRB uprights, 88 Vette brakes), it seems that the outer parts of the calipers are around 3/8" outboard of the mating surface of the rotors / wheel hubs. Its midnight here now, so the concept of firing up the rattle gun to remove a wheel may not be a really good idea ! Let me know if you want some more accurate measurements. I have Simmons 10" FR17 wheels set up as per DRB/GT40 Aust specs (140mm offset) & they easily clear the Vette brake calipers. The inner rim edges are quite close to the lower trailing arm rose joints, so you would not want to take them wider in the inside - but - I could do with an extra 1/2" on the outside. The Simmons wheels have quite a bit of "stand-off" from the rotor/wheel mating surface to the inner sides of the spokes (about 20mm in my case), so larger brake calipers are a possibility. Hope this helps a bit. Kind Regards, Peter D.