9.4 brakes

[scorpio71 at charter.net (Jeff)]

Thanks for the help and info guys. That's what I needed to know.
This is the plan, I have the small square pads and solid rotors on my 79
now. I'll be swapping to vented 9.4- everything from control arm up. I
already have a trade for everything I'll need.

And Peter, Do you know if there are still performance shoes available for
the larger (200 mm?) drum brakes?

Thanks again,   Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "GREG DUNN" <greggearhead@adelphia.net>
To: "Dan Bubb" <dan.bubb@gmail.com>; "Jeff" <scorpio71@charter.net>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: 9.4 brakes


> Gonna disagree there.  Big time.
>
> The early cars had a couple different styles of calipers.  If a non-Kelsey
> Hayes caliper is on the spindle, there is a good chance that the caliper
> bolt pattern/spacing is WAY too small for bolting up Kelsy Hayes calipers
to
> use thinner pads and 9.4 vented rotors (not possible with the other early
> calipers) and therefore also impossible to bolt up the 10.1 rotors and
> calipers.
>
> In around 1980 it was all taken to the later KH caliper, and the ball
joint
> diameter was also increased from something like 18 to 20mm.
>
> FYI.
>
> gd
>
> _______________________________________________________
> There is no difference in the housing as far as mounting the brake
> caliper is concerned for 9.4 non-vented, 9.4 vented or 10.1.
> There is a difference in the housing to accommodate the 100mm outer CV
> though. According to ETKA this changed happened mid 84 although my
> late 84 did not have them.
>