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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by rusty rocket, Jan 9, 2012.

  1. rusty rocket
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    DSC01639.jpg DSC01640.jpg DSC01644.jpg I know this has been done before on the hamb but I thought id ad my spin on this. Originally I wanted to run 12" buick drums but couldnt find good one so I went with a disk brake setup. I started with 46-48 rear backing plates(thats what I had) I marked the caliper bracket on the backing plate and cut that part out. Next I rolled a ring out of 3/16 flat bar stock and welded that to the backing plate to represent a drum. I found the alum. scoops here on the hamb. I then cut a hole in the backing plate and covered it from the back side with some stainless mesh so the vented rotor could get some air. Im putting these on my full fendered 32 c-dan, when you glance at it u wouldnt know it has disks on it. Sort of old school fake brakes.
     
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  2. mastergun1980
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    That looks good and probablly stops even better!
     
  3. Mr48chev
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    It comes pretty close to passing the "first glance" test and when everything is painted and on the car it should slip by a lot of eyes. The scoop will draw the eyes away from the caliper.
     
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  4. Looks great and with a full fendered car I think the disguise will deceive most folks.

    With the caliper to the rear under the fender I don't think most most eyes will ever notice.

    great job. HRP
     
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  5. millersgarage
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    I like it. It's the first time I've seen it done with the scoop.
     
  6. rusty rocket
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    Thanks hrp. I got the idea from a post you did on the deuces limited site.
     
  7. Gator
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    That's cool.
     
  8. Jim Bouchard
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    I like that alot. COOL!
     
  9. HomemadeHardtop57
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    nothing wrong with using your brain and being creative. I like em.
     
  10. rusty rocket
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    Heres a few more pics. One is the inside of the backing plate and the other is on the car with rotor on.
     

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  11. F&J
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    Can you put up a pic from directly in front, with the wheels straight ahead...


    just wondering what the scrub radius is..
     
  12. damagedduck
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    Two thumbs up!!!
     
  13. NJRATRODER
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    Very BOSS. I dig it. Good job
     
  14. rusty rocket
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    Ill try to do that. didnt take any shots from straight on(garage has to much SHIT in it to get a good pic).
     
  15. rusty rocket
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    More pics. These are from straight on. (Sorry had to use back up camara doesnt take very good pics).
     

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  16. F&J
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    Well, I forgot that the scoops would be blocking the view.

    Scrub is the imaginary line drawn through the center of the king pin, down to the road surface. You'd want that point to be under the center of the tire or at least under the tire somewhere, not intersecting the road, inboard of the tire treads.

    Lots of disc setups move that line quite a bit.

    But those pics are not wasted...it shows how well it hides the discs.
     
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  17. Heat kills brakes. Period. That's not going to move much air away from the disk.

    Why hide the disks?
     
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  18. Very nicely done.
    If I were to take a quick glance at it............I wound'nt give it a second look.
    But......I guess that's the point of it!
     
  19. rusty rocket
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    Where does the heat go on so/cals fake brakes? there totally covered, it must work or they wouldnt sell them mine are all open on the back side so its going to get air. I wanted to cover them to get more of a vintage look.
     
  20. F&J
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    Yours look fine for cooling....real vents, and they are sticking out to grab air, and open backsides....low weight car, no serious loads...
     
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  21. Wow, the HAMB has changed...

    I have issues with anything fake. Just me I guess.
     
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  22. rusty rocket
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    It has changed. How traditional are all the t-5s behind every vintage motor out there, this is no different. just better stuff.
     
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  23. F&J
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    I don't know how to bring the old stuff back. Look at the really bad stuff tonight...Name your kids after cars????, after there was a exact duplicate thread a couple months ago... I guess if you marry your sister, it all works.
     
  24. badshifter
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    Nice work you did there. You did a clean job! But taking a swing at the T5 does not help. A T5 is not a fake 3 speed. It's just a late model trans. If you ground it down to look like a 3 speed (impossible I know) that would be fake. Anyhow, your brakes are not fake, just hidden or disguised.
     
  25. rusty rocket
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    I get it. I have a t-5 in the car that these brakes are going on. I just dont see that a guy has to have a 100% period correct car to have fun. Theres a very small percentage of cars out there that are period correct.
     
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  26. EnragedHawk
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    This cracks me up! I see so many guys at car shows trying to pass off fake disc brakes, and here you are trying to do the exact opposite. I love it! Nice work!
     
  27. derbydad276
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    that set up is going to force a ton of air at the disc

    cool idea and goes along with what we do (use our heads)
     
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  28. Tacho
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    Very creative, I wouldn't call it fake. Maybe hybrid brakes.
     
  29. That's my point exactly. If it doesn't have to be 100% period correct, why fake or hide the disks? I built my coupe for me. It has disk brakes and it's an open wheel car. It is what it is and I don't feel any pressure to make it look like something it's not.

    FWIW I have a 70's A833 behind a fifties Dodge bell behind a 354 hemi.
     
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  30. Gremlinguy
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    That looks great Rusty!
     

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