Min clearance between wheel and caliper?

[bozothenutter]

Hi,
I have R26 brembo's on my 182.
I was wondering how close the calipers can be run to the spokes of the wheel?
I'm running 10mm spacers on et37 wheels and would like to move the wheels inwards just a bit to if it helps with scrubbing.

 

[stephen chadwick]

couple mm should be fine, i ran with around 1mm on my 200sx super close to the caliper with no issues atall

 

[MG cup]

Have a look at the distance between the outer edge of your disk and the caliper. If there is room to make it smaller without contacting each other, have some machined of your caliper mounts or the calipers themselves. That should allow you to move the wheel inwards some more.

The answer to your question would be 4mm ish, that's what I would feel comfortable with. You don't track your car right? I ask as prolonged track time could radiate heat into hubs, mounts etc and expand more. 1mm expansion from hub/mounts and caliper would leave you 1mm clearance which I can't see named parts expanding that much anyway but good to leave room.

 

[bozothenutter]

Thanks guys,

I wont track it regularly, but want to do so occasionally...i'll keep it to about 4mm then