Interesting... I don't think I have ever noticed the 14" 89+ brakes...
The rotors should still be available for the vented rears. The calipers are too but they are pretty darn expensive and you can't seem to get rebuild parts for them short of going to a specialty brake store.
I would tend to say that the 11" vented rears are useless without the 11" front brakes (which require a strut modification to fit on an lbody). I have them all on my car at the moment but I keep having problems with oil pressure so I haven't driven the car hard yet.
Thanks for the info! -Rich On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:53:08 +0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rich Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: liam kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, shelby-dodge@imagicomm.com Subject: Re: SD> WTB Well, yes I believe they are. However, keep in mind that there were at least four different style of rear disc brakes used on these cars over the years. The 1987-89 external E-brake solution (actually works okay as long as you maintain the e-brake system and use it regularly. The 1989+ 14" wheel solid rotor internal e-brake (drum brake e-brake) uses a smaller diameter backing plate, e-brake shoes and rotor than the 15" wheel version. They will have a "14" stamped on the backing plate. The 1989+ 15" wheel solid rotor internal e-brake (drum brake e-brake) this is the more common one I believe as its essentially the same up through the 1st-gen Neons. They will have a "15" stamped on the backing plate. The 1989 15" wheel vented rotor internal e-brake (drum brake e-brake) This is less common and from what I can tell the rotors and possibly the calipers are the only real difference between this and the solid rotor version. They also will have a "15" stamped on the backing plate. Of course vented rear rotors are a bit of a waste of time and money since they take a certain amount of heat to work properly and you'd be hard pressed to make complete use of them with the lack of weight in the rear end of a FWD car (unless you're going to looks, or you've got an adjustable brake proportioning valve and you've relocated weight around in the car) Not to say they don't work, just not well enough to need the extra cooling of the vented rotors, IMHO. Good luck, -- Stefan Mullikin Portland, OR PNW-SDAC Founding Member 1979 Porsche 924 (Carrera GTS Replica and GRM $2007 Challenger) 1980 Fiat X-1/9 (never ending 2.2 turbo swap) 1984 Dodge Rampage 2.2 1987 Plymouth Sundance Turbo (Daily Driver) 1987 Shelby CSX #106 -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
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