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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 08:17 PM
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What is the length of a C4 rear from rotor to rotor?
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 02:35 AM
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Seem to recall around 62.5"
What year?
Later models are wider than early
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It's an 86. Are the later models wider? is that's why those car use different offsets wheels?
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rlane5
What is the length of a C4 rear from rotor to rotor?
Randy
All aluminum independent rear with positrac
drum parking brakes incorporated into rear rotors
11 1/2" rotors Single piston aluminum calipers
Fiberglass leaf spring
Ratios 2.59, 2.79, 3.07
2 Models 36(7.875" ring gear) 44(8.5" ring gear)
Model 36 was used behind automatics
Model 44 behind manual transmissions
62" wide hub to hub with discs on
37 1/4" between batwing mounting bolts
44 1/2" between trailing arm mounting bracket bolts
http://www.hpsalvage.com/
This is from there web site, call them for other than 84-87 model
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Old Jan 1, 2007 | 12:15 PM
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Yedi, Thanks for that link I'm trying to put a solid rear in my 86, and I came up with the exact same measurement. Thanks again
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