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The lathe is a bit heavier and a more interesting to move around. I used my brake upgrade as an excuse to buy it. It's come in handy for all kinds of stuff but I'm a tinkerer by nature.

Here's the Pratt & Whitney when I got it home.

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"Honey, I'll be right back, I am just running out to pick up a tool I need...."

PFFFT!!!

Believe it or not though, I am seeing all kinds of stuff like that around here for sale, and for cheap. I should look into a vertical mill at a minimum.

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See? That's where you went wrong. I'm a single man. Tools require very little justification.


Being in Detroit, there should be PILES of machine tools floating around. I had to drive 250 miles to get my lathe out of Houston. For my mill, I ended up running to Syracuse, NY but it was only $425.

If you have a 2 car garage and can give up your side then you have plenty of room for big tools.


Oz, I know what you mean about running out of room. My tools have taken over the 2 car garage so I built a 504 sq ft shop. Now, it's full of stuff (and a little black hot rod) and the welder, press, lathe, mill, tool boxes, benches, drill press, grinder, band saw, and multitudes of other tools are still in my garage.

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That is where I took some time with checking alot of measurements. (And got lucky that feets had alot of Benz ones laying around to measure too )
I checked around on rock auto a bunch to sorta start with since they have rotor sizing for most of thier part numbers.
I just tried to think of cars that came with big brakes and started checking

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I did the exact same thing. I got the deepest rotors I could find but still had to mess with the spokes on the wheels.

FYI... Rock Auto has the AMG calipers for $266 each. If you don't have a core to send in it'll cost an additional $300 but that's chump change for a guy like you.

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POS, if you PM me your rotor dimensions (diameter and thickness) I'll look through my super duper top secret brake info and see if I can find you a set of calipers on the cheap. They're plain faced and powder coated black but you can paint them any way you like.

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The "plane-jane" black ones Feets mentioned are a nice caliper as well (if they are the ones I am thinking they are) and they are a factory OE piece so you will never have a hard time finding pads for them and seals/etc all setup for street use of course too.

Oh, and saw these on CL too...

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/2596516662.html

Bit pricey when thinking they are bare perhaps?

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yeah.....wow.
You could wash your car, then come up to speed and slam on the brakes.
All the water will completely fly off the car and it will be dry without spots.

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Oh, and just another thing to think about once you get all the calipers mounted..Don't forget to make sure your brake hoses won't catch or get pinched on anything if you are routing them different (from running different sorts of calipers)

I made little metal clips that hold the hose where they pass along the spindle/ball joint stud area..

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Oh, and just another thing to think about once you get all the calipers mounted..Don't forget to make sure your brake hoses won't catch or get pinched on anything if you are routing them different (from running different sorts of calipers)

I made little metal clips that hold the hose where they pass along the spindle/ball joint stud area..

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On a dakota, they actually mount to the upper control arm and then come down to the caliper. I'll keep the hose there. The balljoint bracket is trick. I would have never thought of doing that.

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I wasn't sure on how the hose routes on the Dakota...so just was tossing the thought out there.

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I just favorited this topic. There's a lot of good info here

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Yes there is. This is what keeps me coming here. There are a lot of mopar purists, but hiding in the shadows, there are a lot of Hotrodders with great custom creations and ideas.