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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 01:20 AM
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These are almost new, only had them on my car for a few days with about 6 passes on them. Then when to a lighter setup with diffrent spindles,A arms, rack, everything.My car was still under 3K pounds with me, with these spindles and PS, stock upper.lower arms, as in the 1st pic. How?....They save a ton of weight with drag brakes. I had these spindles custom made with the stock style taper tire rod hole, so a stock rack and taper tie rods will bolt on. Other lightweight spindles will not bolt to stock tierods. You would have to buy a metric thread adjuster to thread on the stock rack, and a rod end bumpsteer kit. Cost about $150-$200. You can use these spindles with any rack, a aftermarket manual rack with 1/2 or 5/8th rod end end links. You just have to drill out the taper to the size you need. Same thing you have to do, to run any aftermarket rack on stock spindles (pa,madman,bmr, burkhart, trz ect).


(spindle only dose not come with the brake hub)



These spindles do not use a 4th gen style brakes ($990), with the bolt in wheel bearing. They use a much lighter and cheaper 3rd gen brake kits ($680).
With strange brakes they save 53 pounds
over stock LS1 spindles and brakes. Huge weight saving over getting drag brakes for the heavy cast stock spindles. And 3rd gen brakes cost about $300 LESS then the 4th gen brake kit you have to buy to use on stock spindles


You dont have to use strange drag brakes, thats just the most common setups and what I ran. I know you can use stock 3rd gen brakes as the link on racecrafts site has the info on. And you can use areospace brakes, or willwood that has some vented rotor kits better for street driving a fell weight car. And some big 4-6 piston 13 rotor road race brake kits. But they do not fit all rim setups. Ive seen people run 17 and 18 rims, but stock 16s do not fit. I ran 15.



These are not the normal "used" worn looking, with 1+ years on them. If you can find a set, they do not sell used often if ever.
New they cost about $650. $580 plus $20 for the spindle castle nut kit (I'm including them) $30 shipping

Not brand new but look it. Selling these racecraft spindles (pair) and spindle castle nut kit $500 shipped US 48

I have 100% perfect traded rating, and sold more then 2-3x more parts then remembered to get a review on. They will be package very well, wrapped up in protective foam and shipping from New Era performance.


Basically your paying $100-$150 for these spindles if your going to buy a drag front brake kit anyway. And you end having a much lighter setup with a 12.5 pound lighter spindle with a 2inch drop. Then using your stock cast iron spindles with the 4th gen brake kit

Read this for the info if the difference
https://ls1tech.com/forums/14776321-post23.html

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Old Oct 1, 2013 | 03:38 PM
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save $150 off these new



and I can bring them to indy for the shootout, and save you the shipping $460 cash picked up at the newera booth

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this is the setup to get your car really light, under 3K with driver and street driving.
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Question Niceeeeeeeeeee

IMMMMM,WHAT SET UP,DID YOU,GO,WITH?BRO,THE NEW ONE..
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