Drum to disc weight savings

Dave Turner · 08-13-2010, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel

Todd.....I had stock discs on the front of my late model Firebird. I bought a Wilwood kit produced by a company in Pa......At the time Wilwood did not make a direct fit race style kit and this company made up some special brackets to mount up essentially a set of rear hat type rotors on the stock hubs.

I weighed everything I took off the car and everything I installed.....

It was very close to a 40 lb weight savings.....

Stopped fine and I had no problem staging it and footbrake racing at 3000+

Similar weight savings using a Strange kit on my Maverick.

Ed Carpenter · 08-13-2010, 01:18 PM

X3 on a Chevy II

Tom Rix · 08-13-2010, 06:55 PM

On my 70 Buick GS I saved 36# over a set of stock aluminum front drums. I used the HD Wilwoods. Saved another 6# with the new style Wilwood master cylinder.

Tom

John Dinkel · 08-15-2010, 06:22 AM

It's a double play. You save weight and stop better. How can you lose?

08-13-2010, 01:18 PM	#2
Ed Carpenter Live Reporter Join Date: May 2006 Location: Dripping Springs, Tx Posts: 2,709 Likes: 186 Liked 520 Times in 132 Posts	Re: Drum to disc weight savings X3 on a Chevy II __________________ Ed Carpenter 2005 Chevy Cobalt A/SM Race Engine Development

08-13-2010, 06:55 PM	#3
Tom Rix Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Spring Grove, IL Posts: 44 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Drum to disc weight savings On my 70 Buick GS I saved 36# over a set of stock aluminum front drums. I used the HD Wilwoods. Saved another 6# with the new style Wilwood master cylinder. Tom

08-15-2010, 06:22 AM	#4
John Dinkel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pinckney, Michigan Posts: 507 Likes: 399 Liked 263 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Drum to disc weight savings It's a double play. You save weight and stop better. How can you lose? __________________ John Dinkel 3295 STK

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