F*&^ LS1 Rear Brake Calipers
 

Why the **** do they have to be so god damn ****ing big!!! 4 hours of grinding, and not even one rim fits yet! **** LS1s!!!!

Why can't I have smaller lt1 rear brake calipers?!!!!!



/rant

You are for teh loss.


Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

You lose, good day sir.

Too bad you didn't get an LT1.
:)

Why not buy wheels that fit?

I had to grind mine... not 4 hours worth though.

yeah.....either you need a new grinder, or are doing something wierd

yea, i spent about 3 hours of grinding til the rims fit.

this is how they looked when they were done....

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r...c/100_0816.jpg

Ill cnc mine when i have to...

I've been going back and forth with grinding little by little. The wheel fits on right now and will spin 3/4 of the way and catch part of the caliper as it sits right now. I don't have an angle grinder so I'm using a 3 inch cutting wheel going nice and slow....but now it's getting cold and I would like to get both wheels on by the end of tonight:shifty:

How are you going to do the brackets?

not sure what you have to do the modify the brackets?

vinnie, its probably only still rubbing on a couple spots, if you havent been already, take some cheapo spray paint, shoot a light coat on the caliper, bolt the wheel on and spin by hand... when you take the wheel off, the paint will be gone in the high spots, giving you an area to concentrate on...

good luck man

the very corners of the brackets rub along with the face and cooling fins of the caliper itself

you can also use a sharpe marker

then ill take the brakets off or do them by hand

yea, i have a coat of paint drying right now, which is why I am ranting while I'm waiting for it to dry:-x

I just said **** it and bought wheels that would clear..... ;)

yea, I'm really regretting selling those right now:moon:

Just drop off the rear at my hosue, Ill loan you out the 9 bolt for a while. It has LT1 calipers on it with Hawk pads and new rotors.

lol:rofl:

I think swapping brakes with an LT1 owner would've been advantageous for you. Could have made some money in the deal too.

srill have to grind LT1 brakes, just not as much. You would have to pull the axles and change the backing plates, then reinstall the cover, fluid, lines ... etc.

+1 Good thing drag racers don't fret too much about caliper flex! :lol:

could probably use a wax crayon or chalk too. paint will work though. you should get a die grinder for grinding, i mean its in the name :wink:


pics when done?

I got the rears on and took it for a ride. All was good. I take it home, jack up the fronts to put the skinnies on...go to mount skinnies, and now there is grinding on the fronts. So now I need to figure out wtf I need to grind on the fronts.

I run a 5/16 spacer up front

yeah... 5/16 spacer and no grinding on the fronts.

turns out the skinnies I bought aren't exactly what I thought. Instead of being 15x4s like i thought, they are 15x6 and require grinding even with the spacer:banghead:. Not sure who I should be more mad at...myself for not noticing that they weren't "15x4" like advertised or the seller for not mentioning that they would still require grinding with the spacer.