Drag car, drag car, drag car....U got it! So wheres the confusion?? When did a 400 c.i. F2 blown engine become "typical" or "10 sec"? The wheels ARE draglites which youll see MOST commonly on many cars at the track, so to make the question clear, what kind of brake setups are being ran, because i knw theyre out there, but also whats a route to go without robbin a bank? I dont think the answer is simply "sell the wheels, convert to 5 lug". And to clear the air for those who obviously DONT/HAVENT read my threads but insist on chiming in with their smart &$$ comments....This car is being street driven now and again at the moment and will continue to be until it cant be anymore, WHILE its taking shape for its new duties! I like my Eisenhower tunnel, in fact I like EVERY d*mned thing about my car, thats why its mine! Is that not why we LOVE them, because it expresses our own different personalities while (for me) still serving a purpose!? Sure your still entitled to your freedom to voice your opinion, (as far as i know), and sometimes its even asked for, but I'm entitled to mine as well and if u wanna nit-pick me and my car to pieces by all means do so but I may just tell you to F*** off! And when thats done you can humble the ol soul by stoppin at ur local autozone and adding another stick-on vent to your own POS......
My point was, a 15 x 4 wheel will be the limiting factor on how well your brakes work, not the fact that they're on a stock 4 lug rotor.
The reason I pointed out your obvious intentions to make it a drag car, is that drag cars don't have 17 x 8/9 (or bigger) front wheels to enable a "better" brake to do it's job.
In other words, you already have what you need to stop your car as it was before you invested in the rotors. (how's that for advice on brake upgrades w/o robbing the bank)?
The only thing you need is an adjustable proportioning valve plumbed in so you can change the brake bias more to the rears, and take some away from the fronts. As a matter of fact, if you are still running the stock dist block, there is already too much brake bias to the front tires now because you changed them to the smaller fronts. I'll bet you can't do a hard stop on the car right now w/o locking the fronts up.
Investing in Aerospace, or Wilwood is typically done to save weight. It's a 4 piston lightweight aluminum caliper, and a skinny ass 3/8" solid rotor. But it's still only an 10 1/4" rotor, and your front tires will hang out 3/4" on each side.
Now If you want to go out and spend 650.00 for your front brakes so they'll be light weight, look like hell, and still lock up your front tires when you stand on the pedal, who am I to stop you?
Nobody is picking at your car anymore than normal. When I asked what people thought of
my hood scoop in it's original version, and people wanted to know if I'd rent them space out to park their garden tractors under it, I took the hint, and cut it down.
Now I didn't have to do that (obviously), but when I post my pictures asking for opinions or advice, and the overwhelming majority tell me to do something else, I can either heed that advice, or tell them to f uck off. But if I'm gonna do something, post it on a community forum, ask for opinions on my latest "addition", and then ignore what people think or say anyway, I might as well not post them.
DON'T GET ME WRONG. I get that it's a transition work in progress, and I get that it's your car. If you like that mega cowl on your hood, then that's all that matters. At the same time, just because I rib you about it doesn't mean you should immediately go out and cut it down or throw the thing away. The fact that I called your big assed cowl the Eisenhower tunnel isn't the worst you'll hear until there is something under that pin on hood other than the 2v that currently lives there.
If you are all bent out of shape because I said that (and only that) about your car, then what can I say but
to
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