Hello Everyone!
I'm building and ERA GT40 and we are struggling to find front brakes that will fit inside 15" wheels. The rotor is 11.5" and they are pin drive hubs. The brakes that ERA sent do not fit inside the wheel. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Thanks!!
Do the Corvette series have all the same length lugs ? Appears they are sitting way too far outwards, pads not covering the disc and too much clearance under the bridge.
Clayton, You are correct. They are sitting too far out. The caliper bracket determines that. If the entire caliper and mount moved toward the center of the hub about 1/2", we would be OK. However, that is the only bracket ERA uses.
The early front uprights have a caliper hole pattern about 5.12". The horizontal distance (front/rear) is 5.08" between the top holes, 5.68" between the bottom holes (theoretically). That fits the caliper around an 11.5" rotor which fits in the original-style pin drive wheel.