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Lightest weigh caliper/rotor combo?

I'm sofa-building my next project while the knee heals. The theme of the next project is a lightweight narrowbody outlaw. I am going for a tasteful sprinkling of modern upgrades with old-school originality. Singer stole my idea.

I have become curious about brake options. I have cars with VCI/Big Reds, Early S, A and M calipers but no experience with non-oem options.

I see some very interesting ads in Racecar Engineering and other mags and sites showing FEA-focussed designs and exotic materials. They look very light and interesting.

There are threads on some options;

C12

73T - C12 Big Brakes

AP Racing



Stoptech


Wilwood
These have 3.5" lugspacing.
Wilwood High-Performance Disc Brakes - Billet Calipers Superlite 4 Lug Mount



Performance Friction


Its probably not perceptible on its own, but I'll take any weight savings. Perhaps there are some options out there with a lower profile to allow a bigger rotor if desired without needing to bump up wheel sizes with the associated rim and tire weight?


Does anyone want to share their non-OEM calipers and rotors?

Thanks!
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