Mike,
I believe the issue for some going the
Supra rotor route, is that the original Imperial hub needs to be machined to
fit the Supra rotor. Once done you can never go back to the original rotor
setup unless you acquire a new set of original hubs.
Ken
From:
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Frederick Joslin
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007
10:21 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: IML: budd rotors on
ebay
I was looking at doing the Supra conversion prior to the availability
of the new run of Budd rotors. Thanks for the excellent article and
engineering.
I spent just about $400 for my two Budd rotors. I am guessing that I
could have done the Supra conversion for less than that AND in the future if it
ever came up again would need replacement Supra rotors at about $30 each and
not the Budd rotors for who knows what price?
I understand that the Supra rotors need to be modified to be used so
lets say they cost $100 each and are readily available vs the Budd rotors
unknown cost and availability.
All in all I probably would have been better off going the Supra route,
but my cars does have the OEM rotors which is worth something.
There are two sides to
every story.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pittinaro"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: IML: budd rotors on ebay
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:12:43 -0800 (PST)
As the author of the self-help article on converting
Budd brakes to use Supra rotors, I'm a little offended
by his listing.
I'm glad that someone stepped up to the plate and is
finally reproducing these rotors, but at the time I
developed and tested the Supra rotor concept, this was
not an option to me.
As for wasting time, money, and effort...if that's
what you're worried about, get out of the old car
hobby!
--Mike Pittinaro
"We affirm that the world’s magnificence has
been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of
speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with
great pipes, like serpents of explosive
breath—a roaring motor car which seems to run
on machine-gun fire is more beautiful than the
Victory of Samothrace." - F.T. Marinetti,
Manifesto Of Futurism
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