Reply to "Installing Brake Kit"

On this topic, I wanted to see if I could help out another Pantera guy, and maybe one of you, too. In the last issue of POCA Jan/Feb 2005, (blue cover), Randy in WI is advertizing "Sell-Corvette brake upgrade includes vented/ crossdrilled rotors, red powder coated calipers, polished alum master cylinder w/booster. ... srtimml@sbcglobal.net"

This is a very good reason to subscribe to POCA and Pantera International. Find all the deals, get all the technical info, advertize free or just have the broadest range of 'pre-owned' Pantera's to select from, when looking for a Pantera to buy. It also helps all the rest of us, collectively, by allowing the sharing of information and the continuation of the clubs. Everybody wins. $75 each club x 2 clubs is only $150 a year and you'll save far more than that the first time you make a transaction, buy or sell. Thanks for allowing the little promo for these guys who make it happen. I think it's worth it to just pay my dues and belong. It's research for my Pantera Research Library, should I need to find something someday, or just get ideas. The pictures are nice to look at too, like when I get too lazy to read the words. Remind you of another magazine? Hahaha I was talking about Time Magazine, what's wrong with you!

Oh yeah, the final solution for my brake upgrade question: the rotor hats mount inboard, just like the originals. The six mounting brackets go like this: 6/2=3 per side of vehicle; one in front, two in back. In back, one is used as a spacer to mount the existing brakes further inboard, to make up for the extra thickness of the vented rotor. The other bracket mounts on the front side of the rear axle/upright bracket. So the new brakes, in the rear, are on the front side of the axle. The new rotor is 1/8" thinner in the surface area, it's 1.875" where the original was 2.0" so it will just barely clear the mounting tabs for the brakes, and if I'm lucky, I won't even have to do any grinding of the tabs! Thanks for the e-mailed photos, Jim. Puzzle solved!