Re: Brake conversion - V8 rear on 5000 QT.

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:42:56 -0500, Rick Hunt wrote:

>Ben Swann wrote:
>> Has anyone installed rear V8 rear vented calipers and rotors on
>> 5000. Looking to see if this is a direct swap on my '87 wagon. 
>
>Go to http://www.stationwagon.com and email the webmaster (Steve 
>Manning).  He's the PO of my '90 200qw and he put V8 rear brakes on 
>it.

Hate to interrupt the motor type thread, but regarding ventilated
rear rotors, etc., you can just hit the parts list for the '91 200tq.
You need rotors, calipers and rock shields. This project how-to
has also been posted to the list more than once so, theoretically,
you can pull it from the archives. It all bolts right up to the 5ktq
but costs a bundle. The benefit to cost ratio probably isn't great
enough for most folks. It's just another one of those countless little
$1,000 refinements to be made as one gradually approaches the
20V 200tq benchmark.

DeWitt Harrison
88 5kcstq
Boulder, CO