Fabricated A-Body spindle ideas and discussion

DionR said
The S197 rotor is a better idea, still 14" and a better design. And if the knuckle were based about the S197 4 Piston brakes, the S550 6 piston calipers would bolt on with the 13/14 GT500 15" rotor. Or so I have read.

The SRT rotor has the advantage in my mind though as it is slightly bigger in diameter and has more offset so the caliper doesn't stick out as far.

That said, the S197 setup has the advantage for upgradeability. The SP setup upgrades to the HC 6 piston brakes but that takes a wheel bigger than 18".

I looked for GT350 calipers on RockAuto and didn't see any. This makes me think that while they might be easy to source, they aren't as widely available as the 14" S197 and S550 stuff.

The S197 and S550 stuff seems super easy to source. RockAuto has black S197 four piston calipers for $116 a piece, rotors from $41, pads from $10, and hubs from $63 (sometimes get what you pay for with pads/rotors/hubs), but this can be done for a very reasonable price.

I found suspension software receipts and it turns out I bought the Autowares software, which isn't quite as robust as the Performance Trends version but will probably serve the purpose. I've got to hunt up the CD and we should be good to start plotting this out. There's also a 10 day free trial of suspension analyzer so if we have measurements we can use the free download and get it dialed in w/in a 10 day period, maybe.