Rear brakes were looking wore out and I assumed that the pads were done too. When I took everything apart I was surprised to see as much pad as I did on the EBC yellows because they had MANY Tail of the Dragon runs on them and spirited driving braking.
I thought that the rear spacers had a broken stud, but apparently that was only on the front hub. Rear spacing has increased from 20mm to 25mm. Eh, what ever. not the end of the world getting new spacers on. I did notice that the threads were not great on the H&R spacers so it's not a waste.
Rotors are cheap run of the mill which will be mated to Hawk track pads. However, these brakes are not the end game for the car because they will be switched out to TBM ultra light rotors and billet calipers. The TBM rotor will allow for 15" tires for drag racing and be a huge upgrade over the non sport conversion everyone does. I'm not doing that route right now because brackets will need to be made and I'm not doing any more special projects until this thing is done.
Where are we at on the "sliding done scale"?
1. Mount the gas pedal.
- The pedal was welded up by Dave and is ready to go. Holes have been drilled and just needs to have a pin put through the cable to the pedal. Easier said than done because that's way under the dash.
2. Properly bleed the brakes.
- I did a gravity bleed because I was alone. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
3. Terminate and clean for final wiring.
- ... ok "final" is kind of loose here. It's going to be final in the sense of mechanically working, not beautiful. I can tidy everything up at my house on my own time after it is working.
4. Cut bumper for fender exit and align exhaust out.
- I have had multiple people tell me that the exhaust will scoop air in its current form. Yes, I know this... It's not done. The alignment part will extend the exhaust out and I will use a pie to direct the exhaust towards the back of the car.
5. TIG weld exhaust w/ bung.
- I'm obviously not doing the TIG, Dave can knock that out.
6. Dyno tune car.
- There's a dyno at the shop and we have tuning know how. Not a huge hurdle.
7. Melt the rear tires to the cords with burn out and get new tires.
- The tires are old at this point. I can't think of a better way to complete the project phase.
SO, that's the short list folks. There's always something that pops up but that list is fairly locked in.
Also want to say thanks to Leingod for sending me two OEM lugs. I apparently lost a couple somewhere down the line.
