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Bill Musarra · 06-23-07, 02:13 PM

A CALL FOR HELP!!

I am in a dilemma. I will elaborate on the dilemma, and leave the story behind the dilemma for another post, which will be very enlightening to a lot of you. Here it is. I now have some 12” rotors for my Corvette front suspension. I have some Wilwood 6 piston calipers for those rotors. What I don’t have is a way to connect the two.
The problem in the beginning is that no one makes aftermarket brakes for the C-4 Corvette, except Corvette themselves. These are single piston units that have some serious drawbacks. I had these things made and purchased for me on the understanding that they would go together, or would be modified so that they would. I am now stranded with the parts and no way to get them together. I am including some pics and measurements for you engineering types to advise. As I am no engineer, I don’t know what my alternatives are. It would seem that a bracket that surrounds the two mounting holes of both pieces would work. The outside of the upright may have to be squared up for that to work. What I don’t know is if that is a feasible thing or not. Lord knows I wouldn’t want to be at speed to find out I was wrong. So I will throw it out there for you guys to advise. I really appreciate any help I can get.

Bill

06-23-07, 02:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bill Musarra wbmusarra 10 tenths Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Snellville, Ga. GT40: DRB#5 Posts: 1,146 Rep Power: 19	Disc brakes for C-4 corvette front suspension A CALL FOR HELP!! I am in a dilemma. I will elaborate on the dilemma, and leave the story behind the dilemma for another post, which will be very enlightening to a lot of you. Here it is. I now have some 12” rotors for my Corvette front suspension. I have some Wilwood 6 piston calipers for those rotors. What I don’t have is a way to connect the two. The problem in the beginning is that no one makes aftermarket brakes for the C-4 Corvette, except Corvette themselves. These are single piston units that have some serious drawbacks. I had these things made and purchased for me on the understanding that they would go together, or would be modified so that they would. I am now stranded with the parts and no way to get them together. I am including some pics and measurements for you engineering types to advise. As I am no engineer, I don’t know what my alternatives are. It would seem that a bracket that surrounds the two mounting holes of both pieces would work. The outside of the upright may have to be squared up for that to work. What I don’t know is if that is a feasible thing or not. Lord knows I wouldn’t want to be at speed to find out I was wrong. So I will throw it out there for you guys to advise. I really appreciate any help I can get. Bill Attached Thumbnails __________________ DRB#5 351W/408 DIS TWM F. I. 930 Porsche LSD