Another pretty impressive weight savings feature that I have decided on is the front disc brake upgrade for the Spitfire. This is not your typical big brake 4 pot caliper kit you see around the net. This will actually be an Aluminum 2 pot caliper swap. The weight savings of this is roughly 6.5lbs per side for a grand total of 13lbs of reduced unsprung weight. Here is the link to these calipers =
Wilwood High Performance Disc Brakes - Caliper Product Number: 120-4062
Now the good news is these calipers will work with little modification the bad news is I will have to convert to Spitfire front end. This would not necessarily be bad news but in my case I have a complete front end from a GT6 completely rebuilt and I got it for free. I had planned to just keep the GT6 components up front but now have decided that they are overkill and I will sale the parts and use those funds to purchase the new Spitfire parts. Lots of people convert there Spitfire front ends to GT6 because the brake parts are beefier also the suspension is beefed up as well. For me I don't need the beefed up components of the GT6 all this does for the Centurion is add undesired weight.
So to stay on track with the weight savings theme I have embarked upon the GT6 parts will be sold off and lighter weight Spitfire components will be adopted.
GH
