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06-03-2012 #41Registered User
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That looks awesome. How do you like them?
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06-04-2012 #42Registered User- Join Date
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Just put them on- got them bleed yesterday. It's been a hellish 4 days of fabrications starting Thursday with building the bracket and painting them, to Friday installing. Bleed them yesterday. It's all done, but through the holes in the rotor hat I noticed that the bolts that I chose are too short, so I'll be swapping that today.
I expect them to be like all of my other brembos- superb. This car has brembo f40/f50 old cts-v front calipers and rotors on the rear and my other car has 8 piston brembos with 15" rotors in the front and 4 pistons calipers with 14.4" rotors in the rear. I installed the 6 pistons as a replacement to the z06 front brake kit that I had been running. Difference between the pbr caliper and the brembos in design is immense. The pbr had the pad pins, individual pads, and caliper springs that were in the vacinity of the rotor so that they could be damaged. For the Brembo, all of the hardware is at the top where it could never be damaged... The brembo is a superior design compared to the z06 caliper.
rear calipers
The Z06's I was replacing
New Brembo 6
And you've gotta love the 370mm x 34 mm rotors- all you see is rotor. I've been drooling over these calipers since they debuted, so I was very happy to get my hands on them.
06-04-2012 #43CTS-V Brembo 6 piston swap on a 1st Gen
I have a set for my Chevelle. I am waiting on a set of l&h spindles. The rears will be mounted to my m9 which uses Torino style big ford ends.
06-04-2012 #44Registered User- Join Date
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You'll love them. Driving on them today. They are superb.
06-04-2012 #45I have had a ctsv with these for 70k miles and I have never been in a car that could out stop the V. I would love them on every car I have.
06-06-2012 #46Registered User- Join Date
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You guys are getting me very excited to try mine. Should stop pretty well considering my Camaro is 800lbs lighter than the V.
06-07-2012 #47Registered User- Join Date
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I designed up a bracket to fit these brakes to a big Ford rear flange for another third genner. But I am short a few key dimensions. Does anyone have dimensions for:
big ford axle retention plate?
differential flange to axle brake rotor mounting surface offset?
06-07-2012 #48CTS-V Brembo 6 piston swap on a 1st Gen
Is it the new big bearing Torino end? If it is then it is a 2.5 axle offset (flange to rotor mount). Here is a link for the dimensions for the flange bolt pattern. Do you mind sharing the cad file for this housing end when you are finished. Thanks Jason.
http://www.moserengineering.com/catalog/product/gallery/id/461/image/600/
06-07-2012 #49CTS-V Brembo 6 piston swap on a 1st Gen
Also would the brake bracket double as the axle retainer or would you use a spacer and the retainer bolt outside of the brake bracket?
06-07-2012 #50Registered User- Join Date
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Yes that is the correct flange. I have seen both 2.36" and 2.5" mentioned for the offset.
I have the dimensions in the Moser link. What I need is a few others.
Now perhaps is a good time for me to learn more about the Big Ford flange. If you look earlier in this thread, my 10/12 bolt bracket does NOT retain the axle. It acts as a spacer for the retainer plate to sit on top of. The 10/12 bolt requires a 1/4" thick bracket to properly space out the axle retention flange. So my 10/12 bolt bracket is 1/4" thick in the area which the retention plate sits. The question is, does the ford require a spacer as well? how thick? I really don't know squat about the ford differentials.
And yes I am happy to share the CAD file when finished.
06-07-2012 #51CTS-V Brembo 6 piston swap on a 1st Gen
The Torino end is 2.5 while the old big bearing is 2.36. I haven't seen a Torino end with the old big bearing offset.
What other dimensions do you need? I would be happy to bust a wheel off and take measurements and pictures.
On the Torino housing end the bearing is pressed onto the axle. The bearing is a sealed bearing and the axle seal is inside the housing and not outside of the bearing like the gm 10 bolt. The housing end mounting surface is flat. When the axle is slid into the housing all the way the outside surface of the bearing is raised from the housing end by approximately 1/8 inch or so (I can get and accurate measurement). Then the retainer is bolted to the housing end and bends a bit around the outside of the bearing to lock it into place. So the brake bracket can be made so it acts as the axle retainer plate or if not and you use the standard axle retainer plate there would need to be a spacer made for between the outside of the bearing to the outside surface of the brake bracket. So the spacer would be as thick as the caliper bracket. I think the second route would be easier to fabricate and you would be able to add the brake brackets without pulling the bearings off the axles.
06-07-2012 #52Registered User- Join Date
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This is a picture of flynbye performance's Big Ford bracket. It looks like this particular bracket design acts as the bearing retainer? I'm not sure I like the idea of a bearing retainer with a slot in it for installation.
I don't think I quite follow you regarding your spacer idea. Can you try again?
06-08-2012 #53