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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 03:47 AM
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Making Caliper Adapters

Hi, all. I’m planning on making caliper adapters for my race car. I wanted to know if there were any set procedures for tackling such a project, or is it simply done using the good ole’ trial and error method. Any ideas, formulas, etc would be greatly appreciated.

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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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I'd say mount the rotor and position the caliper on it then take measurements of the relative positions of the mounting faces of the caliper relative to the upright.
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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Thanks, Black. I had a feeling I'd have to resort to trial and error for this project. I'll end up starting with finding a suitable floating rotor and measure from there. The adapter will be made out of T6061 block as that's what the heavy hitters use. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

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