Front 13" GT Rotor Works on Rear?

Arustik · May 26, 2014

I know Terry was able to run the 14" Brembo Rotor in the rear: http://www.sccaforums.com/forums/aft/47484/afpg/11

I'm wondering if the front 13.2" rotors 2011-2012 (non-Brembo) will fit in the rear on a 2005 GT.

Anyone have experience with this?

csamsh · May 26, 2014

The caliper wouldn't be in the right place, unless you could come up with a new bracket.

zeroescape · May 26, 2014

The rear disc on terrys is from a 13'+ gt500 rear, its not just a front swapped to the rear.

Arustik · May 26, 2014

Ah, yes that's what I meant. Running a GT500 Rear Rotor on Rear for GT. Would the stock caliper and pads work?

csamsh · May 26, 2014

Arustik said:
Ah, yes that's what I meant. Running a GT500 Rear Rotor on Rear for GT. Would the stock caliper and pads work?

Yes, but you need the backing plates. Pull the axles to install.

http://www.vorshlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=141_142_280&products_id=606

07TGGT · May 26, 2014

Search

Arustik · May 26, 2014

csamsh said:
Yes, but you need the backing plates. Pull the axles to install.

http://www.vorshlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=141_142_280&products_id=606

Good to know Vorshlag is the 'go-to' place for almost any performance info on the S197.

Will likely pull the trigger on these sooner or later.

07TGGT said:
Search

Unhelpful, but true.

07TGGT · May 26, 2014

It's not unhelpful, don't be ignorant.

JEWC_Motorsports · May 26, 2014

How is searching for yourself unhelpful?

barbaro · May 27, 2014

Without a doubt this forum is dying because of people like the "Noob Killer" One of many unfortunately. Noone wants to participate. Look at how dead some of these threads and forums are. I will come on here occasionally to see 1 or 2 people online here at any given time. Ask a question and it is more likely that you will be chastised or insulted rather than get the question answered. You will notice very little new blood here. But there are people , obviously with very little life. Forum mavens with posts stretching into the several thousands who have appointed themselves arbiters of protocol, officious intermeddlers and nattering nabobs of negativity. There are a handful of contributors and then there is the above enforcers of orthodoxy. Get lives people. Guy here asked a question, resist the temptation to instruct and insult. Or not and live in a pathetic bubble. Hey Noob killer. You are a $upporting member, a why don't you change to being "Noob Helper" and can the patronizing. Send him a friendly private message if you wish to instruct him on the proper use of the forum search tools. Seems to me that would make more $$$ for the forum.

07TGGT · May 27, 2014

Let me guess, you voted for obama...

cbass · May 27, 2014

barbaro said:
Without a doubt this forum is dying because of people like the "Noob Killer" One of many unfortunately. Noone wants to participate. Look at how dead some of these threads and forums are. I will come on here occasionally to see 1 or 2 people online here at any given time. Ask a question and it is more likely that you will be chastised or insulted rather than get the question answered. You will notice very little new blood here. But there are people , obviously with very little life. Forum mavens with posts stretching into the several thousands who have appointed themselves arbiters of protocol, officious intermeddlers and nattering nabobs of negativity. There are a handful of contributors and then there is the above enforcers of orthodoxy. Get lives people. Guy here asked a question, resist the temptation to instruct and insult. Or not and live in a pathetic bubble. Hey Noob killer. You are a $upporting member, a why don't you change to being "Noob Helper" and can the patronizing. Send him a friendly private message if you wish to instruct him on the proper use of the forum search tools. Seems to me that would make more $$$ for the forum.

Somebody watched V for Vendetta a few too many times.

Sky Render · May 27, 2014

csamsh said:
Yes, but you need the backing plates. Pull the axles to install.

http://www.vorshlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=141_142_280&products_id=606

I really should have installed that when I had the axles pulled to put my new diff in. :dunce:

kcbrown · May 28, 2014

jewc75 said:
How is searching for yourself unhelpful?

It's unhelpful if reasonable search terms don't yield much of use, or the hits are too voluminous.

Here are the threads I get when I search this entire site for "13 inch rotor" (without quotes in the actual entered search term):

When I add "gt500" as a search term, the above narrows to the Vorshlag thread and the "2013 gt500 6 piston brembos" thread.

When I do the latter search and search for posts instead of threads, I get two posts:

If you're going to insist that someone search, you should check for yourself if doing so would actually yield useful results. The first entry does talk about using the GT500 rear rotor, so the results aren't entirely useless, admittedly...

Obviously, the search terms I used here could somehow be incorrect, but they are reasonable with respect to the question being asked. I suppose that first hit in the second search I did does illustrate that a search could have turned up something, but keep in mind that it is only because I knew it's the GT500 rotor that works in the rear that I knew to add "gt500" to my search terms.

07TGGT · May 28, 2014

No, you're just another tool who can't use the search function properly or read for yourself so you make excuses. The Vorshlag thread tells you everything you need to know about the upgrade, dumbass.

5.0 Probie · May 28, 2014

07TGGT said:
No, you're just another tool who can't use the search function properly or read for yourself so you make excuses. The Vorshlag thread tells you everything you need to know about the upgrade, dumbass.

Actually I tend to agree with him. Far to many impolite responses. And your famous "Search" function is a waste of time from time to time because so many folks place a different tittle than one might search for. I have spent a good 10-15 minutes searching first... Only to see off the wall crap that does not meet the needs of why I am searching.

Now all all welcome to tell me to go to hell. But facts are facts. We all start with zero knowledge. A handful of you are like bar flies or crabby has-been chicks who are to lazy to help. You would rather just piss folks off for your personal enjoyment. :kma:

kcbrown · May 28, 2014

07TGGT said:
No, you're just another tool who can't use the search function properly or read for yourself so you make excuses.

Ha! Bit presumptuous, aren't you? If you'd read my messages in the past, you'd probably have figured out by now that I know how to search and to read. I did the exercise here in a matter of minutes, not hours. I tend not to like to ask questions that have answers that have been posted elsewhere, so I tend to take my time in searching for answers, but searching isn't always going to yield answers even if you work at it (something that I know from experience, which can only be because I do search regularly for answers).

The Vorshlag thread tells you everything you need to know about the upgrade, dumbass.

Yep, just noticed that after I followed the link to the specific message that talks about it.

However, a couple of points about that thread:

It's freaking huge. Great reading, but if you're after a specific answer, you have to somehow narrow your search.
Searching for posts instead of threads when not including "gt500" in the search terms yields 3 different messages out of that thread, only one of which is useful for answering the question. And as I mentioned (in an edit that came in after you posted the above, apparently), I only knew to put "gt500" in the search terms because I already knew the answer to the guy's question.

Nice manners, by the way.

JEWC_Motorsports · May 28, 2014

I asked a legitimate question. He found the answer he was looking for but didnt realize it was his answer. Thats what I get from his post. Seriously do you take an exam and ask the instructor to give you the answers?

Kcbrown, so now the forum should allow you to be lazy? Read through it, who knows you might learn something else that you didn't know before. Not specifically saying you, but making excuses doesnt help.

kcbrown · May 28, 2014

jewc75 said:
I asked a legitimate question. He found the answer he was looking for but didnt realize it was his answer. Thats what I get from his post. Seriously do you take an exam and ask the instructor to give you the answers?

Funny, I didn't realize this forum was for the purpose of determining how much someone knows. I thought it was for the purpose of sharing information.

In the latter context, yes I absolutely would expect the instructor to give me the answers if I'd already done my due diligence and come back empty handed.

JEWC_Motorsports · May 28, 2014

When the information is out there already??? You are lazy if you just want shit handed to you.

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