Installing ATS Brembos on the Cobra.

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You could look at another option. Have a look at the Power Stop JBR1529XPR. It is the right mounting pattern and is 13.4". Hat height is 2.2". You would have to make up a lot of space to bring it back out to match the 1.7" Cobra rotor.
 

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Just installed my setup last night. Huge difference in braking IMO. Brakes are much more responsive, feel is way better and they are far far more eager to lock up the tires/engage ABS. Plus they look killer!

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Looks fantastic! Also those are my dream wheels!
 

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Did the Power stop Z26 pads need to be trimmed down as much as noted in post #1?

Any brake pad is going to be the same size regardless, as it is designed to fit the same car. So any pad you purchase will need the same amount of trimming.
 

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FWIW, I just spoke with Porterfield Brakes and they will custom size any of the brake pads they carry. They have Hawk, Pagid, Performance Friction, Porterfield and Raybestos.

I asked about trimming the ATS / Brembo pads. Cost is about $30 for the set. If your going to buy performance pads anyway, and you don't want to deal with cutting down the material, this might be a good option.

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If anyone is looking for a good price on the calipers, I just bought mine from Scoggin Dickey for $116.62 each. No tax and free shipping.
 
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Anyone ever though about pulling the steel insert out and machining up a set with m12 threading and offset to match the sn95 spindle?

I think the bolt spacing is only off 1mm, so plenty of room to offset the bolt holes.

I may try this method, as I don't want to modify the spindle
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As you can see, there is room to play with if you step down to the 12mm bolt size from this
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Just need to get this insert out and I can model one up in CAD. I also need to find out the exact bolt spacing of the GM spindle and SN95. I *think* it is 1mm off

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I was just contemplating this today. I think I am just going to modify the mounting on the spindle like the OP did as I don't plan on going backward to the original calipers. I think in the end, it is faster and easier. It doesn't sound like he had to take too much more material off as he did it with at rat tail. It would be interesting to know what his final size was. Based on that, maybe just size up the bit from the 9/16.
 

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Got my J55 rotor in and confirmed a few measuremts.

They fit in the rotor channel of the brembo...barely. So the Caliper offset needs to be spot on.

Hub diameter measures out the same as the sn95 hub.

So, I need to To drill the lug pattern for SN95 before going further. Potential issue is that since the ATS rotor is only 12.6" in diameter, going with a larger rotor may cause it to contact the front and rear of the rotor channel before the entire pad area covers the rotor..if you can picture what I am referring to.

Thes are 13.4" by 1.25" thick. I paid $28 for this rotor from rockauto
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As you know, the only potential issue with removing the material is hitting the internal crossover passage. Has anyone here taken one of these calipers apart? It would be nice to know how much material you're working with.
 
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I’ve been looking into this upgrade but not willing to jump ship till I’ve got clear evidence that they’ll clear my 18x9.5 +25 Classics.
Thus far the only kit I believe to fit are the 00R’s but even then I’m not 100% sure.

@GodStang hell of a write up!!

There’s a thread on 03-04 advice page on Facebook. There’s a guy with ccw classics who said they clear.
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I’ve been looking into this upgrade but not willing to jump ship till I’ve got clear evidence that they’ll clear my 18x9.5 +25 Classics.
Thus far the only kit I believe to fit are the 00R’s but even then I’m not 100% sure.

@GodStang hell of a write up!!

There’s a thread on 03-04 advice page on Facebook. There’s a guy with ccw classics who said they clear.
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I’ve been looking into this upgrade but not willing to jump ship till I’ve got clear evidence that they’ll clear my 18x9.5 +25 Classics.
Thus far the only kit I believe to fit are the 00R’s but even then I’m not 100% sure.

@GodStang hell of a write up!!

There’s a thread on 03-04 advice page on Facebook. There’s a guy with ccw classics who said they clear.
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I’ve been looking into this upgrade but not willing to jump ship till I’ve got clear evidence that they’ll clear my 18x9.5 +25 Classics.
Thus far the only kit I believe to fit are the 00R’s but even then I’m not 100% sure.

@GodStang hell of a write up!!

There’s a thread on 03-04 advice page on Facebook. There’s a guy with ccw classics who said they clear.
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I played around with this over the weekend on a bench with some spare spindles and rotors. Not sure I'm going to continue much further with it.

I know guys are running these, but my criteria was no spindle mods, and no brake pad shaving.

The ATS uses a 12.6 rotor and the Caliper is designed for that radius. You can see here on the 13.1 cobra rotor the different radius
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The 13.4 rotor doesn't fit well. Since the radius of the Caliper is for a smaller rotor, the arc of the larger rotor causes it to come very close to hitting (if it didn't skresdy) the front and rear of the Caliper body. The result is you'd still need to shave some of the pad after machining the rotor to fit.

Here's the Caliper resting on the 13.4 rotor and you can see the pad still overhangs.
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The cobra 13.1 rotor does fit in the Caliper and allow an unmodified pad to fully contact the face, but you'd need to modify the spindle to located the Caliper down about 8mm towards the center of rotation. Not easy to do.

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Playing with CAD, the inserts on the Caliper can be removed and designed with a shift of 0.5mm to match the GM bolt spread (130mm on the SN95 and maybe 131mm on GM) and shift it about 0.5mm closer to hub. Not enough to bring the pad on the rotor face.

I know the Subaru guys do this mod too on 12.8 rotors and complain about pad overhang as well.

So I'm going to stop here, return my j55 rotor and put my $50 Caliper on a shelf as a paperweight for now. I know these can be made to fit, but I don't want to do some of the modifications required too. In 10 years or so when I'm 50 I want to be able to order an off-the-shelf pad or rotor and put it in without modification, or change to a different braje setup without having to replace my spindle
 

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I played around with this over the weekend on a bench with some spare spindles and rotors. Not sure I'm going to continue much further with it.

I know guys are running these, but my criteria was no spindle mods, and no brake pad shaving.

The ATS uses a 12.6 rotor and the Caliper is designed for that radius. You can see here on the 13.1 cobra rotor the different radius
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The 13.4 rotor doesn't fit well. Since the radius of the Caliper is for a smaller rotor, the arc of the larger rotor causes it to come very close to hitting (if it didn't skresdy) the front and rear of the Caliper body. The result is you'd still need to shave some of the pad after machining the rotor to fit.

Here's the Caliper resting on the 13.4 rotor and you can see the pad still overhangs.
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The cobra 13.1 rotor does fit in the Caliper and allow an unmodified pad to fully contact the face, but you'd need to modify the spindle to located the Caliper down about 8mm towards the center of rotation. Not easy to do.

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Playing with CAD, the inserts on the Caliper can be removed and designed with a shift of 0.5mm to match the GM bolt spread (130mm on the SN95 and maybe 131mm on GM) and shift it about 0.5mm closer to hub. Not enough to bring the pad on the rotor face.

I know the Subaru guys do this mod too on 12.8 rotors and complain about pad overhang as well.

So I'm going to stop here, return my j55 rotor and put my $50 Caliper on a shelf as a paperweight for now. I know these can be made to fit, but I don't want to do some of the modifications required too. In 10 years or so when I'm 50 I want to be able to order an off-the-shelf pad or rotor and put it in without modification, or change to a different braje setup without having to replace my spindle

LOL, I'm 49 and I did this!
Great research regardless and I understand your point since I don't see myself in making any brake changes in the future.
 

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