So, I've been here at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals, shopping and picking suspension and A Body brake part brains.
As it turns out, I have an even worse cobbled front disc brake system than my engine bay was. My worse fears were realized.
What was my worse fears???
Well, I spent a lot of this guy's time, even though he could have sold me 9 or 10 inch spindles. My shop took off the dust shields and sent me some pictures. Even though my spindle is flat like a 10 inch, the mounting bolt to the upper control arm is a larger diameter than the mounting hole for a standard 10 inch MOPAR spindle!! Which means I would have to get new upper control arms too in order to use Wilwoods.
***So, the cobbled parts keep creating backwards up the suspension chain.
No telling how far this this will go.
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
***So, he recommended that I simply grind off the edges of the single piston calipers. He said that he has the same setup and 14 inch wheels on his trailer. Actually I had a machine shop grind off the edges before I left town. But, the driver's side wouldn't line back up, looking like it may have been dropped by him, and warped.
So, 2 Duralast single piston replacements will be about $80. Thereby saving me a thousand dollars from the Wilwood upgrades. I will grind them myself the slow way.
I didn't find another Cooper Cobra GT 205/60 R14. But, late Saturday I spotted two used 215/60 R14s.....that the guy didn't want to haul back to New York, and scored those for $20...his original price was $40 each!
So, all things considered, Carlisle saved me at least $1,000.
![:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:](/mopar/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ATT00014.gif)
Had to be around 3,000 MOPARs there. I know there were over 1,000 modern Challengers alone. Probably a couple of hundred A Bodies.