I have an 86 that has been sitting for close to eight years now as it has had very little traffic since. Last time it was on the road was about two years ago and the right front caliper got stuck. Needless to say, it needs some work to get road worthy now, and even more love to look presentable, but baby steps....
While digging into it, I noticed front bearing races in the hubs have spots in them from the roller bearings, and that rotor and hub is one unit. I am not keen on either of those. The brakes themselves are "upgrades" to what I presume are SVO or Lincoln 5 lug. Caliper piston is 73mm phenolic anyway. I am not really impressed with those either. The more I dig the more I want to replace.
At some point in the past the car has been hit in the front and I guess part of the replacement was new struts. Well, the ones used the top poked holes in the interior reinforcement of the hood. From what I know Saleen used Koni. Are those the same as the SVO ones? I have scope on a used set and those can be restored. The car still retains it rear ones after 120k miles or so.
One part of me wants to do an original resto but another part is looking at upgrades to brakes and handling. Appearance will however not change. The car has five lug 16" Enkei baskets from a later Saleen, and I possess the original four lug Enkei as well.
The idea if I do brake upgrades are to use SN95 early spindles and Cobra brakes or fitting Brembo with suitable rotors. I read some say there will be bumpsteer and others say not. Some claim to use SN95 lower arms to work around bumpsteering and use SN95 struts. There is evidently a lot of confusion here as all information contradicts. I would greatly appreciate all educated input on the matter.
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