13.5" brakes on a 5K

[TLidasan@aol.com]

Greetings fellow listers!

There has been a lot of posting about 13" brakes on a 5K. Yes, it has been
done but be prepared to spend a lot of time and effort. It might also burn
a hole in your pocket.

Which begs the question: Do you have enough horses to stop? Say, 300?
If not, then start harnessing that horses first.

Now, if do have that much power on your 5K, then read on:

a) You have to think first of your fenders. Either you roll them, which is
another
thread by itself because on 5Ks the fenders are double sided. But like I
said,
you do have to have that space available. Or if you have the money, get the
front
and rear fenders of a V8, slap it on, and smile at how your 5K looks.

b) Now that you have the fenders, move on to the wheels. You need at the
minimum a 17" wheels with enough clearance for your red or blue calipers.
This
is crucial because apparently only DTM/spider web style wheels can
accommodate
you 13" rotors and 4 pot calipers. You have make phone calls to the right
wheel
manufacturers to get the information about the clearances. One company I will
suggest is Koenig wheels. They are not that expensive and they are TUV
approved
if you want 140MPH blasts and want to stop in a hearbeat.

c) You now have the fenders that fit the wheels that fit the 13" brakes. Then
start
calling brake manufacturers about 13.5" rotors.

d) I cannot tell you how to install them because I do not know how. However,
if 
you have done the above, 95% of the frustation is over. And if you have
problems
installing the rotors, think how silly your 5K looks with its massive
fenders, big
tires, and teeny-weenie rotors. Besides, installing them is nothing compared
to how hard it was rolling those fenders equally on all four sides.

Good luck!

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Thor Lidasan, M.D.
Staten Island, NY

'90 V8q ( 2-Stage nitrous or Twin-turbo....2-Stage nitrous or Twin-turbo?
hmmmm)
             "Why? Because the mountain is meant to be driven at 100MPH"

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