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snake racing hi steer and vit brakes?

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snake racing hi steer and vit brakes?

Post by brendan_h »

anyone know if you can use vit brakes with the snake racing knuckle. im looking to replace my dodgy hi steer that i ground out a bit to fit the vit brakes. so can it be done? snake racing knuckles and use vit brake?
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Post by alien »

the problem is the caliper hitting the king pin retainer thingo - which with vit brakes your caliper is about 1mm off it right now if not touching - so any additional meat to that retainer will mean it just wont fit - and i'd say running the arm up there will mean theres a need for more strength, but perhaps not that far back.... i'd say your best bet would be to take pics of your caliper as it sits on the setup you're running and send it off to snake to ask their opinion.

All that said, my hi-steer setup is from suzistore and has passed engineering here in WA (on my zuk) - bolt on solution and can be done in days rather than waiting for potentially months.
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Post by mr green »

i have vented vit brakes and the snake racing knuckle. caliper is not touching anything it shouldn't
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Post by brendan_h »

mr green wrote:i have vented vit brakes and the snake racing knuckle. caliper is not touching anything it shouldn't
LWB ones? thanks
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Post by alien »

i had vented vit brakes up front - they were off the 1.8 4dr vit.
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Post by mr green »

brendan_h wrote:
mr green wrote:i have vented vit brakes and the snake racing knuckle. caliper is not touching anything it shouldn't
LWB ones? thanks
yep
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