Quote Originally Posted by Louey View Post
I don't understand why you would want to pay a gold price, when you can get good stock types, with easy to buy pads. Polish the castings, and clear coat them. Vette dual piston ones are nice. once you sleeve them.
If you only got 2,000 miles, I would be checking for heavy brake pad drag. Also, if you use the long fiber grease, and pull good maintenance, you probably will never see a bearing failure, for many many miles. Or am I missing something ?
Two words .. Unsprung Weight

On a light car, I like to have everything that is unsprung weight, as light as possible. I even have a aluminum 9 inch center section ( with a aluminum Daytona pinion support ) and a aluminum driveshft. The aluminum center section saves 22 pounds over a iron one. The aluminum driveshaft saved 10 pounds.



The photo shows a BLACK painted driveshaft ... but it has since been replaced with a aluminum one ...

I also like to use aluminum parts wherever possible. I have aluminum heads, aluminum water pump and aluminum intake on the SBC.



A small starter ... saves over 10 pounds ... ( but it is sprung weight ... like the engine stuff ).