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4 Wheel Disc Brakes

PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:57 am
by johnj
Hello. I am looking into doing a 4 wheel disc setup on my '68. I am going to be running c5 corvette hubs in the rear so I was thinking the c5 rotors with internal parking brake. I figure c5 rotors and calipers in the front also. Is anybody else running a similar setup? Are there brackets available ? I was also thinking it would be a good time to switch over to taller front spindles. Any info you guys can share would be appreciated. Thanks John

Re: 4 Wheel Disc Brakes

PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:06 pm
by Maechtlen El Monte
What would it take to use C5 spindles?
Aha - here's info on the C5 geometry
https://www.scribd.com/document/53479104/C5-Suspension-Dimensions

Re: 4 Wheel Disc Brakes

PostPosted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:31 am
by johnj
Classic Performance Parts makes a 1 inch taller than stock chevelle spindle. It uses the C5 corvette sealed bearing assembly and takes the c5 rotor and caliper. I have heard of others adapting the chevelle spindles to the corvair so thought that these might make a good swap. Uses a bolt on steering arm like the chevelle, so a new arm could possibly be made to get the correct geometry to work on the corvair. My thought was use chevelle upper and lower ball joints, resleeving the stock lower control arm and fabbing an adjustable upper.