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Dual Piston
Aluminum Calipers
$400 per set
This
includes 2 calipers and braided stainless
connection
lines with fittings and your choice of pads.
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Dual 2.125 phenolic pistons.
• Provides more even pressure on the
entire surface of your brake pad.
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Lightweight design at only 5
pounds.
• Completely interchangeable with stock
B-Body calipers.
This dual piston caliper provides
additional clamping force over the stock single piston caliper. The
stock caliper has 6.77 sq-in of piston area while these dual piston units
provide 7.09 sq-in.
These calipers are a direct
"bolt-on" replacement for the stock B-body calipers but there may be some
slight clearancing required. On one of my test fit cars there was some
interference from the spindle on the passenger side. Two of the
pictures at right show where the material was removed. I am not sure
why this was an issue on only one of the spindles, but it may be due to
variations in the GM castings or this car may have had a spindle replacement
in it's 180K mile life with a different part number than the original.
One other issue that you may
encounter is interference from "studs" that stick out of the back of your
pads. Since these calipers will work with all stock style pads, this
may or may not be an issue for you depending on the pads you chose to run.
The 2 pads pictured at right show where small studs were ground flat so that
they pads would sit flush in the calipers and not interfere with the
pistons.
These calipers are designed and
sold as a racing part for track/off road use. Any other use is at your
own discretion.
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