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- From: pshyvers@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: brakes and calipers
- Message-ID: <182788@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 08:22:27 GMT
- Sender: news@pyramid.pyramid.com
- Reply-To: pshyvers@pyrnova.pyramid.com (Peter Shyvers)
- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corp., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: daemon@sword.eng.pyramid.com
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- In article <1992Jul23.210206.29552@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes:
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- > have 89 grand am with sport suspension. in 1991 pontiac put bigger/better
- >rotors and calipers on the grand ams. any reason i can't go to junk yard
- >and find a 91 and pull rotors and calipers off and slip them on my 89??
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- Just my humble opinion, but
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- - do you need the added braking power?
- - is the caliper mounting the same in both cars?
- - are the spindles identical (PLEASE tell me you'll put in new wheel bearings,
- races, and turn the rotors once on the car!)
- - bigger brakes = more unsprung weight = increased rolling resistance = reduced
- gas mileage
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- pete
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