Re: IML: Disk Brake Conversion Rant

["Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's fair enough, Kenyon. I certainly am not an engineer. :-) But if 
others have the technical knowledge and expertise to provide such parts 
and/or accurate information concerning such swaps, I see no harm in doing 
the conversion.

My concern about the Budd brakes is a lack of supply. I never knew about you 
buying all those sets and offering them. And I must admit, I wondered about 
the Supra (did I spell that correctly? probably not) rotor substitution. But 
if those rotors offer the same characteristics as the original Budd rotors 
and work well, then I suppose they are a viable alternative.

K.
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:30:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: IML: Disk Brake Conversion Rant
> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> All I can say is that if you're as good an engineer as
> Chrysler Corporation was when your car was built, do
> the research, publish a white paper, and start
> producing the parts for a conversion so that the other
> folks that want to do it can have the benefit of your
> knowledge.  If it's good enough to be lawsuit-proof,
> it's probably pretty good.
>
> All I know is that I'm not an engineer and I hate math
> with a passion, and that there are many complex things
> to take into consideration on a disc brake conversion
> that are beyond my limited grasp because they vary
> from model to model of car even, and that my car was
> engineered for the brakes that it has and that's good
> enough for me.  My life's too complicated as it is
> without experimentation on my brake system.
>
>
> Many things get discussed here.  People moaned about
> how hard Budd discs are to get and what they would do
> do for a shot at a set.




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