[Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade

[Midwest SHO Specialists]

They are mine...  I was going to put them on the 95' SLO, which I opted to
sell for a SHO.  There are no balance problems at all.  It actually flattens
out the car alot so you are "pivoting" on the front wheels in a turn.  They
utilize the 94' - 99' calipers and the 11.6" rotors.

They are made from 1/2" thick cold rolled steel, but the machine shop
assured me that there wouldn't be a problem.

In hindsite, I should have just made a bracket that holds the stock calipers
out farther, which is what I will do next time around.

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
To: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@cajunnet.com>;
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade


> According to what I have been led to believe, 80% of the stopping force is
> on the front brakes.  I would think that adding larger rear rotors would
not
> help decrease the stopping distance at all.  In fact, I think that they
> would be a problem to balance the front/rear bias to keep the rears from
> loking up on a hard stop.
> Besides... the parts look like they are made from cold rolled steel,
> something that would not give me a warm fuzzy feeling. I would prefer
having
> a nice solid casting.
>
> Jim
> '93 MTX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kevin & Cheryl Airth
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:37 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Interesting Rear Brake Upgrade
>
>
> Found this on E-Bay. Has anyone upgraded their rear brakes with this
option?
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33563&item
> =2411841651&rd=1
> .
> .
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