Budget '69 Camaro Track Car - NO WHINERS!

[Track Junky]

Small view of the inside. Has a state room, indoor head and shower, electric cook top, microwave, fridge, coffee maker.......you get the picture

[Track Junky]

Couple block walls I built that are now covered with stone and ready for irrigation and plants to go in

[Track Junky]

[Track Junky]

[Track Junky]

63 SS Nova with Heidts Front clip, Currie 9", small block 350 with TH350 trans. Great driver and doesn't leak a drop of oil. Real fun daily driver. Interior all original and cherry

[Track Junky]

That was a short introduction of what I've been up to and there's been a lot I left out including some cool vehicles I have picked up for my kids but what I think some of you guys might be more interested is the new brake set up I'm working on for the race/track car.
As you know Baer and Wilwood have some great bolt on brake kits for stock spindles but those systems will not be enough for my set up. I went through Sutton but he had nothing available for 17" wheels and stock spindles so I started to do my home work.
The bolt on systems I came across all had a max piston bore area of 4.04" even with their 6 piston kits. IMO not near enough for what I needed. I noticed wildwood had a 4 piston caliper with a 5.18 piston bore area. I gave them a call and we went to work on putting together a system that would work for me. A difficult task? Not even.
The radial mount bracket is the same they use for their typical kit applications only difference being the width of the roter. Bolt on kits have a 1.1" rotor to where the bigger piston bore area calipers have a 1.25" mimimum rotor thickness. That's just .14" of difference.
In short, front calipers should be here by Monday. I ordered the whole 9 yards with hubs, bearings, seals, hats, rotors, etc, etc.
Stay tuned if your interested as I will document the install. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that just a few shims will make this a simple bolt on process.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

63 SS Nova with Heidts Front clip, Currie 9", small block 350 with TH350 trans. Great driver and doesn't leak a drop of oil. Real fun daily driver. Interior all original and cherry

You're just a couple of bucks from turning it into 'The Runt' by RPM part deux...

[glassman]

Lemme know when u want do a track day, my beast is almost ready for round two, Dyno day Monday...

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by Track Junky

awww Steve Pardini come out to lend a hand? Great guy.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Cosmo mentis

You're just a couple of bucks from turning it into 'The Runt' by RPM part deux...

That is a cool car skip. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by glassman

Lemme know when u want do a track day, my beast is almost ready for round two, Dyno day Monday...

Will do. Good luck on that dyno tune.

Originally Posted by Vince@Meanstreets

awww Steve Pardini come out to lend a hand? Great guy.

Funny V. Does look like him from a distance.