Re: knocked 43# off my rear end...
[Re: Mopar-Al]
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12/15/10 08:34 PM
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you sure the drum weight was 33.5 total each side and not total? I just weighed mine on a scale (one side) and it showed 18 lbs. I didnt weigh the emergency brake lines. Great you did loose the weight tho
That was drum and backing plate..
When I switched to disc all 4 wheels, years ago (Aerospace) I knocked off just over 100#..
Chris..
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Re: knocked 43# off my rear end...
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12/15/10 10:36 PM
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Wow, Bob. You never sit still.. Still waiting to get the pics off of my camera.. Way to go, Billy. I wonder how differnt it will effect the cal trac settings? Might have to weigh and re-set them up? Thanks for the pics.
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Re: knocked 43# off my rear end...
[Re: sunroofgtx]
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12/15/10 11:13 PM
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Boy does that tittle leave the door wide open
I picked up quite a bit when I swapped to 4 wheel discs and a spool. I really didn't get it at the time till someone mentioned that around every 10#'s of rotational weight you take off is liking taking off 100#'s of dead weight.
Not sure how true that is but that's what I heard.
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Re: knocked 43# off my rear end...
[Re: Chad Bittle]
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12/16/10 02:36 AM
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Chad, it going to fly with out it too. wo23coronet,cannot answer that, the green bearing has a retainer ring around it that look's like a circlip that retains it and the bracket's are made for that. Hookd, it actually stopped quite well but it started to get the stock front rotors hot to the point they started to turn black in spot's and were starting to warp them from the heat and at the end they would rumble the car when you applied them, turning the disc's would of corrected the out of trueness but I was afraid of heat stress and eventually cracking or worse. Butch,,,both, but I feel safer now. Russ, as long as I can keep going with my diet I may have to add some padding to the seat in the car, lost about 12# so far.
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Re: knocked 43# off my rear end...
[Re: Mopar-Al]
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12/16/10 02:51 AM
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you sure the drum weight was 33.5 total each side and not total? I just weighed mine on a scale (one side) and it showed 18 lbs. I didnt weigh the emergency brake lines. Great you did loose the weight tho
That was 1 drum and backing plate with brake shoes and hardware or 67# for both sides minus 24#total added back on for the Strange stuff, 43# weight loss,,the C barge drums are 21.5# each.
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Re: knocked 43# off my rear end..."update"
[Re: gregsdart]
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12/16/10 01:54 PM
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did a little more checking and weighted some front end stuff and came up with an additional saving's of approx 80# over the old 73-76 front end components, this includes brakes,spindles,lca and strut rod,,looks to be around 120# total weight off the car
Last edited by dartman366; 12/16/10 01:55 PM.
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