Anybody running 17" Cobra Bullit rims on a Duster
Hmmm. I don't think I ever tried the 10-7/8" rotors with the 17" wheels, but had upgraded to the 11-3/4" rotors by then. I guess I had done that swap when still running the 15x6.5 steelies and dog dish caps, but I've slept too many times since then. I would be interested to see what the difference in the rotor hat height(s) might be, as there isn't a lot of room to play with my setup - like 1/4" clear between the OTRE and the Cobra wheel inner rim.
The only other data point I have is a 68 Valiant with (at the time) the same brake rotors and calipers with similar but not identical wheels (bullitt's for him, Cobras for me). His OTRE hit the wheel, mine didn't. A 1/8" spacer made it work for him. Strange.
On AndyF's Viper caliper upgrade, I have the early one that requires the drum-brake spindle. IIRC, the late-model kit uses the disk spindle and a radial-mount caliper from the latest generation Viper. If I had it to do all over again, I would go radial mount and the requisite 13" rotors. For the time being, the kit I have is awesome and works like gang busters. The newer one just didn't exist when I did my upgrade.
Clair
Hmmm. I don't think I ever tried the 10-7/8" rotors with the 17" wheels, but had upgraded to the 11-3/4" rotors by then. I guess I had done that swap when still running the 15x6.5 steelies and dog dish caps, but I've slept too many times since then. I would be interested to see what the difference in the rotor hat height(s) might be, as there isn't a lot of room to play with my setup - like 1/4" clear between the OTRE and the Cobra wheel inner rim.
The only other data point I have is a 68 Valiant with (at the time) the same brake rotors and calipers with similar but not identical wheels (bullitt's for him, Cobras for me). His OTRE hit the wheel, mine didn't. A 1/8" spacer made it work for him. Strange.
On AndyF's Viper caliper upgrade, I have the early one that requires the drum-brake spindle. IIRC, the late-model kit uses the disk spindle and a radial-mount caliper from the latest generation Viper. If I had it to do all over again, I would go radial mount and the requisite 13" rotors. For the time being, the kit I have is awesome and works like gang busters. The newer one just didn't exist when I did my upgrade.
Clair