Wilwood

[bbcc]

Hey guys. I have some progress on the front end of the blazer.


Wilwood 1.jpg
This is the entire wilwood assembly mounted on the spindle.

uca1.jpg
The SC&C upper control arm and tall bj.

Spindles 2.jpg
This is showing the un-molested belltech (left) compared to the sliced up spindle (right).


Progress is slow. That's the down side of being young and in school. I'm having fun though. Let me know what you guys think.


Cheers. BBCC

[greencactus3]

looks good! modified spindle looks clean.
how big are the pistons?

[greencactus3]

also, if im seeing the pic of the rotor mounted correctly as the left side spindle,
you have the rotor on the wrong side

[Wicked Mayhem]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

also, if im seeing the pic of the rotor mounted correctly as the left side spindle,
you have the rotor on the wrong side

not necessarily, adams baer kit are mounted like that and he said they instructions said to do so.. i thought the same until then, and i saw a mustang in a mag with baer brakes and they were like that.

[greencactus3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

not necessarily, adams baer kit are mounted like that and he said they instructions said to do so.. i thought the same until then, and i saw a mustang in a mag with baer brakes and they were like that.

really? techinically if they arent vaned it doesnt really matter anyways, but weird.

but never believe everything you see in a magazine.
its amazing how often mistakes are not caught on those, i mean, marlborosyclone had his rotors the wrong side just a bit ago.
and those WERE vaned rotors lol

[s10cyncrvr]

Looking good man. What are the lengths of the steel adjusters on the SPC arms? I've heard they are a bit longer then the aluminum ones, but never actually put a tape measure on them.

[greencactus3]

Quote: Originally Posted by s10cyncrvr

Looking good man. What are the lengths of the steel adjusters on the SPC arms? I've heard they are a bit longer then the aluminum ones, but never actually put a tape measure on them.

really? hmm. if so, why would they do that?

[bbcc]

Quote: Originally Posted by greencactus3

looks good! modified spindle looks clean.
how big are the pistons?

Thanks man. Belltech really does a horrible job of cleaning off the casting flash from the spindles. I took this oportunity to clean all that off and round off all the sharp edges and so on. The pistons are 1.75``. The rotors are on correct. The vanes are non directional, so no worries there. And it just makes sense to have the slots rotate like this to actualy pull the gases that may or may not be created away from the caliper as opposed to push them into the calliper.

I`m actualy very surprised on how light this assembly is. All the aluminum does add up, but just by grabbing the stock rotor and caliper without a spindle, this wilwood set up mounted on the spindle feels to be barely any heavier. Definitly a huge bonus.

Quote:

Looking good man. What are the lengths of the steel adjusters on the SPC arms? I've heard they are a bit longer then the aluminum ones, but never actually put a tape measure on them.

The adjusters are 3-3/4`` long. I was thinking about the aluminum adjusters but to me it really didnt`t seem worth it. I did opt for the screw in bj`s. Mainly because they are totaly bad a.. , but it will be so much easier to service them in the future. And these things are crazy light! Can`t be any more than seven or eight pounds.

The next parts to track down are shocks. I would love a set of QA1 single adjustable units, but tuition and all the parts I`ve rounded up, and my wheels(which are on 16 week backorder......thanks american racing ) I just can`t float the $130 a piece price tag. What are you guys running, and what would you recomend. I would like something re-buildable and re-valvable, like the QA1 round-d-round stuff. But with a little lighter price tag. I`m open to all suggestions.

Thanks for the comments guys. I`ll try and keep you updated on progress.

Cheers, BBCC