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Just installed the strange drag units on the front. Now i need to know what to do about the brake lines. Anyone done this yet? Should be the same as the wilwood and aerospace set-ups. The calipers use a 3an.
Thanks,
Aaron
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no I'm saying buy the braided line that has the fittings on it and buy an adapter fitting to convert from 3an to 3/16" brake line fitting. Call up a local speed shop I'm sure they would stock it or can order it.
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the adapter fittings are for the following: 3/8-24, 10mmx1.0 for 3an im not sure which our cars have but thats what my plan was too bad everything is closed...
i just anny'd up and bout the premade lines from sjmmanufacturing.com for $70 or whatever. popped them right in the car and fit like a glove. i have the strange pro drag brakes front and rear in my car. just finished installing the front ones, matter of fact.
OK, then for you guys running those brakes, is there any real weight savings??? I have "heard" 20# of weight loss, but I just don't see how its possible? Anyone have some hard #'s???
i'd say it's at least 20 pounds off the front. I know on a second gen we pulled out almost 80 pounds from a front disc/rear drum combo with strange 4 piston calipers and non-vented rotors.
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i weighed everything out and it came up to 26# total savings over the stock '88 brakes. this is including all the material removed from the spindles, as well.
i did not weigh how much weight was removed with the rear drag brakes, wish i did.
Aerospace brakes:
Aluminum caliper with an aluminum mounting bracket attached to a modified spindle
Aluminum hub
Single steel rotor bolted to the hub.
The aluminum caliper and hub save a lot of weight and using a single disk rotor instead of a vented rotor saved a lot of weight. This is a drag racing only setup. The single disk rotor wouldn't be able to handle the heat generated from stop and go driving on the street with such a heavy car. For street driving, I'd recommend any dual vented rotor system.
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i weighed everything out and it came up to 26# total savings over the stock '88 brakes. this is including all the material removed from the spindles, as well.
i did not weigh how much weight was removed with the rear drag brakes, wish i did.
going from vented rotors and IRON calipers on the rear, with brackets and every single piece weighed, i saved 33 lbs with a drag kit.
i now have a vented rotor on the car which aerospace told me was 4 pounds per side more than a drag kit.
i didnt weigh my front kit. was in a hurry.
pretty sure its going to be close to the 26 pounds mentioned above compared to what i had in the rear.
