How the Road Runner beats the Coyote

[RaiderLefty]

Well first of all........thanks for all the kind comments on the car. I'm pretty proud of what I've got so far and think it's only going to get better from here.

In regards to lowering her down.......after having changed so many components in the front end I wanted to see what the stance was back on the ground before I started lowering. I think with the much thicker torsion bars the car is going to ride a little higher then before so some 2" drop spindles and re-arching of the leafs may be in order.

I'm still unsure what's causing the brake problem. All the fittings are tight. The lines are completely bled. Frank at Prodigy thinks it might be a bad master so I'm going to try that as soon as the new one comes in.

My only other thought mildly echoes Bill's point below about the caliper run out. I purchased new Moser axle shafts and had to push new bearings on with the Wilwood backing plates. Wilwood gives a 2.36" dimension from the back of the backing plate to the axle shaft flange. If you go over that you can always shim back.

The passenger side shaft had no problem but the driver's side shaft I could not get it any less then 2.45". The bearing clearly bottomed out on the press with 20T on it. When the rotor and caliper were installed the outside pad was in contact with the rotor and so the caliper isn't totally centered on the rotor and there is no way to shim that side.

After having driven a little this weekend the black coating on the driver's rear rotor is still only 1/2 worn off as opposed to the other 3 rotors where it's completely worn off. I'm beginning to wonder if this is what's causing my problem.

The brakes are very solid, especially after 1 or 2 pumps......there's hardly any pedal travel. But if you don't push the brakes for say a few miles and then step on them........you have to pump them once or twice to get good pedal.

[Datsbad]

Love the overall look you are going for. Get that thing down about 2" or so and it will look real good. Might need to change the tires as they do look a little thick on there.

Neat car , thinking of doing a Road Runner my self