Front Caliper clearance question 3.5" spacing 5 Lug, Wilwood Superlite's Options

[Vysoc]

Hello World,

I am reworking my front 5 lug struts,shocks and calipers. I was able to pick-up a set of Wilwood Superlite 3.5" spacing front calipers with 3 sets of additional brake pads.
Upon doing a dry run on fit, I needed to trim my brake dust covers slightly but I noticed that the caliper did not line up in the center of the rotor.
Rotors are new Sebro 405 43001 098.

Is it possible to use washers to adjust the caliper position to center. I would obviously purchase longer bolts to make sure that the same amount of thread is holding in the strut. The adjustment distance would be approximately 5mm.

Thanks,

Vysoc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

[wndsrfr]

OK, Here's my Wilwood conversion & I love it.

Initial installation was with Stoptech rotors & I used washers to center the caliper, worked fine.

Check out the difference in the pad sizes vs. "A" calipers--massive!

However, with those rotors I found that the Wilwoods pads don't sweep the entire disc, leaving about 1/2 inch around the inside next to the hub. They developed radial cracks immediately from the uneven thermal stress leaving me a bit uncomfortable about staying with those stock dimension rotors.

So...Installed Wilwood's rotors using the hat sold by Rebel Racing & fabricated a 3/8 inch aluminum bracket to center the pads on the rotor disc radially and axially. Saved a bit more weight and better yet, the replacement rotors are like $30 from Summit Racing--can't beat that.
BTW, Here's my Porterfield R4 pads after 3 DE events totalling about 700 miles on track and maybe another 300 miles street driving. The outers have worn more than the inners and when they're pulled there's a noticeable fromt to back taper. Doesn't affect the braking at all--frankly, I'm still overbraking nearly everywhere--just breathing on these monsters takes a lot of momentum out of a 2000 pound car!

Be careful about jumping on 6 piston units that you size everything properly front to rear and to suit the ratio with the M/C....My setup is using Wilwood 120-11131 with 1.62 inch pistons to go with "M" calipers on the rear and 23mm M/C. High hard pedal & could probably work better with 19mm M/C....ymmv.