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11-28-2014 #1
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C5 to GM A-Body bracket thickness
I'm currently fabing up my brackets to bolt my 13" C5 Vette dual pison calipers and rotor's on my 69 Chevelle and I know Kore 3 makes their brackets 5/8" thick but just how think do they need to be? I have made a template from 3/8"x3" stl flatbar and wandering if 1/2" woud be thick enough.. Any suggestions? Also what do ya'll think about this brake setup Astro Van hydroboost, 98 f-body master cyl, 13" C5 Vette rotors/calipers up front and 11" Ford Exporer discs out back with a Wiwood distribution block with built in bias valve..
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11-28-2014 #2
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C5 to GM A-Body bracket thickness
Even 3/8 is thick enough- I think I made 1/4" for my personal car several years back, haven't had issues with deflection.
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02-26-2015 #3
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Out of curiosity are those stock disc's turned down to be hubs or is that a drum brake hub?
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02-27-2015 #4
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Those appear to be turned down drum hubs.
Originally Posted by Jameson
FWIW, the KORE3 brackets are actually 1/2" thick, but we have a lot of front kits that use 3/8" plate as well. Ultimately, it isn't really a strength issue, but rather one of acceptable deflection that determines failure by our standards, so that's what we design towards.
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02-27-2015 #5
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Chevyracer:
Do you have a template for the C5-to-Abody bracket? I need to fit C5 calipers on the front of my Olds 442 project. Thanks!Rodney Meyers
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