brake swap for drag lites

[cline]

anybody do a swap on the front for 15" draglites?? what parts do i need for this? and can i just do a 2003 gt swap? getting ready to order the wheels. thanks .

[BurnTire]

I run stock cobra front brakes with a 1" baer slip on spacer with Centerline Convo Pro wheels. The centerlines are not as thick of a rim in the area where the studs pass thru so everything is legal.

[93mustank]

1 inch spacer and a grinder............

[cline]

well thats cheaper !!! dang skippy ! im doodin it !! thanks. pics coming soon.

[BurnTire]

1 inch spacer and a grinder............

On a weld wheel the studs will not protrude into the lugs far enough to be NHRA legal with a 1" spacer.



Legal



Not Legal

[cline]

aah? good point. plus i would feel safer with knowing that the wheel is on tight.

[soap]

anybody do a swap on the front for 15" draglites?? what parts do i need for this? and can i just do a 2003 gt swap? getting ready to order the wheels. thanks .

You still have to run a spacer with GT brakes. GT PBR calipers are nearly the same size as Cobra PBR's.

--Joe

[soap]

On a weld wheel the studs will not protrude into the lugs far enough to be NHRA legal with a 1" spacer.

Depends on what length front studs are used. I ran 3.5" ARP's and they were legal, the studs made it right to the end of the lugnut with a Prostar and 1" spacer.

--Joe

[BurnTire]

Depends on what length front studs are used. I ran 3.5" ARP's and they were legal, the studs made it right to the end of the lugnut with a Prostar and 1" spacer.

--Joe

Not legal. The first 1/2" of the stud is not threaded. It may have looked legal, but a 1" spacer with a pro star does not engage the threaded portion of the lug as depicted in the diagram above.

[cline]

gt brakes, 3.5 arp studs, 1 inch spacers, and then??? WHEELS !!!, kenne bell, roll cage, etc, etc,