Will these fit. I know some of you have the ls1 conversion and I didn't get any response in the brake board. I don't really wanna run a drag only brake since I drive the car ALOT!! just need something better than factory and fits under an alumastar 15x4 with 1.75 backspacing. Got them from a guy that had them on his 02 TA but he was running aerospace. Pics would be nice even of they're not alumastars. Thanks guys.

 

Definitely won't fit unless you had a 1/2" spacer if not larger and by then the wheels will be outside the fender well. Basically the reason I had to go to a 17" front rim on my camaro.



There were the narrowest tire offered in a 27" overall height


No spacer needed and tucks under the fenderline by quite a bit

 

i would run something more substantial than alumnastars on the street. wouldnt be hard to bend one of those.

 

I'm running RTSs

 

I'm running RTSs on the street. Just wanted to see if they would fit the skinnies. What about the C4s. How sorbet compare?

 

the C4 will fit but they are not on par with LS1`s for braking (ive had both and a 1LE ) Get a 4 piston set up for the front best money I ever spent. they have a street kit

http://aerospacecomponents.com/index...d=18&Itemid=69

 

Any idea what the aerospace street kit weighs compared to the ls1 brakes?

 

How well would they hold up on the street? Do you drive yours frequently Scott?

 

I dont have a street car so I couldnt tell you how much they weigh or hold up, i have the race set up. Matt you have a street rear kit still dont ya? Im sure the street kits heavier but i`m thinking the only difference would be the vented rotor vs. the pizza cutter. I do know the LS1 is 51#`s per side with the spindle which is about 6# heavier than a stock set up. My aerospace race kit is 32# with spindle per side. On track performance, my aerospace kit (10" rotor 4 piston)will stop slightly better than the LS1 kit (12" rotor 2 piston) but only once in a row Heheeee

 

I have the drag setup on the rear. Not ideal, but its what we had already. I'd like to put the drag setup on the front of the car too, but afraid of how it'd act in an emergency street situation.

Maybe a phone call to aerospace is in order.

 

I LOVE my ls1 brake setup compared to the stock setup with the manual brake kit. Yes it's heavier but in stop and go traffic to and from car shows or in the busy area where I live I no longer am white knuckle driving in traffic worried about slowing down in time.


Gotta give a shout out to greezemonkey and mw66nova for their help in making my brake swap a reality.

 

I thought street cars have power brakes Steve?

 

my car stopped like a boss at 3,100lbs with stock power brakes. i have strange drag brakes all around now with the stock booster/master cylinder and it still stops great. when i go to a more radical cam i will be changing over to a hydraboost. i like power brakes too much to do a manual setup.

 

It`s not the first panic stop you have to worry about, they`ll do that without a problem...its 5-10 hard stops in 10 mins that will show you why they are not for the street. I`d put that street kit on a dual purpose car in a second, with a vented rotor what`s not to like?

 

I guess I'll have to give aerospace a call. Would like a solid rotor setup but I'm most likely gonna run strange sportsman rears.

Will aerospace or strange move my front wheel in or out from where it's currently at?

 

you'll have to talk to them about it, some use a hub and then the rotor over it and will move the wheel out, which is what i ran into on the ls1 brake setup also. So the thickness of the rotor is added onto the stock thirdgen width.

 

with aerospace or any race type brakes, the rotor will bolt on to the rear side of the hub, if it moves it, I did not notice it on mine. Solid rotor is for drag racing, vented rotor for street)

the race rotor is 5/16 thick

the street rotor is 13/16 thick with vents between the brake surfaces

 

I meant solid faced. As in not slots or drilled holes. Those are kinda obsolete now a days anyway. Kinda surprised theyre still making them except for the aesthetic appeal I guess.

Hey Scott sent you a pm

 

Solid rotor as in a single rotor. Good for drag racing to reduce weight. Not good for stop and go driving with our heavy cars. I know the old Chevettes had single disk rotors and every time you did a brake job, you replaced the rotors. They were always warped.

A dual disk vented rotor is highly recommended for street use. It will dissipate the heat better and are less prone to warping.

Rear brakes are a little different. They don't do as much braking as the fronts and a single disk rotor will work fine on the street.

It's difficult to put any brake system with a rotor larger than 11" in a 15" rim. There just isn't a lot of room to position the caliper in there. I would have loved to fabricate an LS1 or C4 brake system for the front of my car but there was no way it would fit behind a skinny. I installed Aerospace drag brakes instead. I also have a chute if the brakes can't slow me down fast enough

 

Ya of course the internal vents are needed to pull air through the rotor to cool it. I was referring to drilled and slotted rotors that were originally for "outgassing" iirc. Wheels should be here Thursday. Then I'm ordering the RTS rears. Measuring for my new Midwest chassis fab9. Ordering front suspension while rear is being built. Then I'm having a week off work to play with my new toys lol.

Anyone close to central Florida wanna help???