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Originally Posted by killer69
I guess it could all be a thing of the past if the brake companies just made the calipers floating??
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I think you hit the nail on the head there Blake. When the brake companies started introducing the large by huge brake packages, they did it with fixed calipers. They look awesome! These were originally racing pieces typically mounted on floating rears or IRS set-ups. This goes back to Todd's point about racing parts on the street. They seemed to be fine and look great until you start tracking a car and applying loads to the rear axles much greater than any situation you would encounter on the street. Now with the higher loads, knock back is an issue. So now the question is, do you go back to a more street caliper (floating) set-up or do you go to the more race rear end (floating). Or you come up with a solution like you and Chicane are bringing to market. This is one of the things I like about the Pro-Touring movement I'll call it, a problem arises and there are companies willing to step-up and solve it with parts available to the masses. Good Stuff! Now the hard part, what do I do on our truck? I had thought about this in the beginning and tried to make decision accordingly, but now I'm not sure. Our rear is a 9" with Big Bearing ends and tapered rollers on the 31 spline Moser Axles. The rear brakes are the 14" Wilwood 4 Piston Radial Mount deals. The rear wheel will be 10" with about 4.25 to 4.5" of back space. Speaking pretty honestly, this will not be a "Track" vehicle. Maybe once or twice just to stretch it's legs. It will spend the bulk of it's time on the street and doing some auto crossing. Is the auto crossing enough to warrant a whole sale change in rear end and expensive brakes? The brakes were mostly for looks to fill a 20" wheel. Don't know! Decisions Decisions
