One aspect of this swap that hasn't been directly addressed, which is especially significant in this forum, is that it won't work on A-Bodies with their original, stock 8.75" rears. The axles not only have the wrong bolt pattern and a smaller center register to fit the rotors, but due to the narrower brakes (1.75" vs. 2.5") the brake gap is much smaller. To get the caliper centered on the rotor, this would require machining away more of the bracket than actually exists.
A solution would be custom axles, which could restore the brake gap to the larger 2.525", and even an additional amount to make up for the material machined from the brackets. A neat solution, except for two things: 1) the cost for the project will more than double, which defeats the whole purpose of the low-buck nature of the swap, and 2) it would move the wheels somewhere around an inch out in the wheel well. Maybe that's not an issue for some, but it certainly will be for others. Of course the housing could be narrowed, and the use of custom axles, and unmachined brackets, but that's pretty severe mission creep and cost to go along with it. The OP, RLF Cuda, is already running the needed axles, so he's right where he needs to be with the swap. Although, if he really has 3", not 2.5" brakes, he might need to do some shimming, not machining of the brackets.
I'm still undecided if I'll do this or not. Maybe with re-splined C-Body axles...
