Re: Brake Rotors

Jarrid Gross (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 09:26:00 -0700


---------- From: RSpontelli(at)aol.com

>Now it just so happened that last summer I was in the middle of a complete
>rebuild of the front crossmember for the Series II soon-to-be pointy-fin-
>racer. I needed new rotors for it, but nobody listed rotors for the Series
I >& II Alpines. I was just beginning to think about the possibility of
taking a >pair of later Alpine/Tiger rotors and turning them down to fit the Series
II. >If that would work, I might as well get three from Curt--a replacement for
the >busted one and a pair to modify for the Series II. <That, it turned out,
>would not work, but that+s yet another story.>
>
>So, before ordering three rotors from Curt, I decided to call Dan Walters
and >see what he had to say about the possibility of using the later rotors on
the >early car. I opened the conversation with something like -Hey Dan! We
broke >a brake rotor at Devore last week and I was thinking about . . .-

OK, lets start the next story Ramon.

Why could I not turn down the OD of a later more plantifull disc and use it on the "god awfull roundish pad early girling" caliper?

I spied a late disc once, and the dimensions all looked OK save the OD of the disc.

Enlighten me.

Jarrid