if anyone else is looking for aluminum drums. I just bought a set from hawks @ $25 ea. now for the polishing!!!

 

link?

 

Link please, I searched their site and can't find any drums on there.

 

there is no link.you call them and ask if they have.......whatever you need for your car. they keep many many used parts that are not in their catalog or listed on their website.but they have them ,or should i say 2 less than they had monday morning.SCORE!!!

 

Would these fit any year 3rd gen car with rear drum breaks?

 

yes, and they look really cool fully polished,which is what im doing now! happy birthday to me! camaro parts,oh the joy!

 

Happy b-day!!!!

 

was it 25 shipped?

 

by no way is this , my comment a slam . I have never understood the desire/need for aluminum drums . sure they are a little lighter , but enough to matter for performance ? (I don't think so) polish up nice ? O.K. , i'll give you that . used ones are not able to be turned (in most cases) more than once . finding NOS ones , impossible (at a reasonable price) . so why , are they sought after ? a few months ago I did my rear brakes . bought new drums , cleaned casting slag , took to machine shop to assure true . after very lite touch-up had them hot tanked . took back to my shop primed and painted with hi-temp cast alum. paint . I'm happy with appearance , good luck .

 

They can be relined. This company has information on their site about it.

http://www.jgrelining.com/#!services/crfi

 

sure was, but that's $25 each.i might add

 

well, im putting my car back to the way it was when made.mine came with aluminum drums ,so that is why I went after replacements. so far after 5 years of work ,I need very little to have it complete. nothing missing anywhere.and with every component working as intended. not a restoration per se. just a complete fun driver

 

I sent these guys an e mail .asked how much to reline a set $800 !!! holy crap!!

 

WOW , that's a bundle !!! I don't think they will get much business from me . thanks for info. .

 

Ok, I'd save the 800 and put it towards a disk brake conversion. Money better spent.

 

I got mine for $20 for the pair at the pick and pull by me. For 20 bucks I wouldnt care if they were good or not. Turns out they were pretty much perfect. After installation I noticed that braking was better. Whether that was due to bad steel drums ill never know.

For $20, it was money well spent. As for the reason for aluminum drums; rotational weight is more than static weight. Not much of a difference I might add, but alum driveshaft and drums in concert should in theory be better, though you may never feel the difference.

 

I have 2 sets of them just sitting

 

would you be interested in selling them? assuming they are useable? send me a PM

 

When building a street/strip or drag car every pound of weight savings is very helpful. I have junkyard alum drums. on mine that I got for $15 for the pair at a local yard. I weighed both sets. My pair of iron drums was 29 lbs and alum pair was 20 lbs.

So 9 lbs of rotating weight is a good bit in the end for a drag car. It adds up quick. Rotating weight has 2-5 times the effect on accel/ET/Performance than dead weight.

The old rule of thumb is 100 lbs of static (dead) weight = 1/10th second drop in 1/4 mile ET.
10 lbs of dead weight has the same effect on performance as 1 HP.

 

Yes, one looks like it has a small groove in it, they came off of running cars.
I'm not much on rear drums.
I have about the same money in em as the Hawks parts cost
PM me if you or anyone wants them.