The 70 going through some changes

[fleming23]

John (Flash),

Good news for you and the economy. My spending spree has no end in sight it seems. I went ahead and ordered new rotors tonight. It'll be a few weeks before everything is apart but I know these Auto Zone replacements currently on the car only have 2-300 miles on them. I am also replacing my rubber hoses with braided so if you want those they are nearly new and were both replaced with the calipers a few months ago. I'll let you know when you can pick everything up. Since the spindles are being replaced (and thus the reason for all new parts as all the old has to come off anyway) I will probably see if the shop can just leave everything mounted to the spindles and you can pick up two large, assembled, damn-near new sub-assemblies with everything you need.

Ordered new SSBC Big Bite Cross Drilled rotors to replace the factory blanks.
I know all about the debate regarding cross-drilled rotors being more prone to cracking and having less surface area resulting in the potential decreased braking performance but this is what I decided to try.



Also ordering new Bilstein HPS 1000 shocks for all 4 corners. I did a good bit of reading prior to making this decision and was torn between the Edlebrock IAS and these. Some say the Bilstein's have a firm ride others say they are excellent. Had Monroe Sensa-tracs on the car and they did okay I guess but with everything else I decided to ditch the $25 shocks in favor of a supposedly better performing shock. (John, interested in a full suspension rebuild on the vert )



Only other update was the order of a bunch of fittings & bolts to hopefully make the motor build go as seamless as possible.