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RacerX11
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JUN 10, 10:11 PM
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I can't address your dislike of the design, but NOS 1988 front calipers are still available: for a reasonable price: http://calipersonline.com/pontiacfiero.aspx
For a race car that can get by without a parking brake, you can use fronts on the rear.
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darkhorizon
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JUN 10, 11:03 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by RacerX11:
I can't address your dislike of the design, but NOS 1988 front calipers are still available: for a reasonable price: http://calipersonline.com/pontiacfiero.aspx
For a race car that can get by without a parking brake, you can use fronts on the rear. |
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Thanks, that is a slightly better price than I am seeing. I have had an 88 fiero with these 88 calipers for most of my life, and I cant remember a time all 8 of the slider pins worked correctly on any one of them.
Sadly I think with all this great info I am going to be bolting up stock calipers to 13 inch rotors come next week. Its a very simple, quick, and inexpensive solution to my brake problems, and I cant say its impossible to upgrade to better calipers when the time comes to replace pads.
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Will
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JUN 11, 07:56 AM
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Porterfield makes R4 and R4S pads for the '88 Fiero caliper.
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darkhorizon
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JUN 11, 08:20 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Will:
Porterfield makes R4 and R4S pads for the '88 Fiero caliper. |
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This has been talked about alot, but I'm not willing to test/learn/experiment with these pads in a track situation. I really need to have alot of trust in my brakes and I put alot of value in being able to change the compounds front and rear more so than tuning the brake pressure bias. The hawk/carbotech/PFC pads are things running on 99.9% of the cars that I run with.
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qwikgta
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JUN 11, 07:31 PM
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How come your 88 front suspension looks different than mine? Looks more like a 84-87 front.
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solotwo
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JUN 11, 09:26 PM
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looks like a lot of fun! Hey let us know when you are at Gingerman or Grattan. I would like to watch you run. I love road racing.
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darkhorizon
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JUN 11, 11:25 PM
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Looks the same to me, but they just cut away all the old spring stuff to save some weight. I confirmed today that the front bearings appear to be OEM 88 bearings.
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wftb
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JUN 12, 07:34 AM
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All the Ryane/Held/Arraut drop spindles and spindles from their complete front end kit used 88 rear wheel bearings. Cutting away the upper spring perch and putting the upper spring mount where it is allows the use of a wider variety of shocks. The stock shock that came with their kits only give 4" of shock travel so unless you do a mod like that you will break shocks when they bottom out. Even the sport front end kit for the 84-87's has that problem. ------------------
86 GT built 2.2 ecotec turbo
rear SLA suspension
QA1 coilovers on tube arms
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darkhorizon
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JUN 12, 11:56 AM
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So, i'm having a crazy idea.. .and that is I run stock rotors with the hawk Dynalite pads?
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wftb
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JUN 12, 01:49 PM
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There is a thread by DonP about their 88 Chump/Lemons car and they ran stock brakes and had no complaints about them. Endurance racers are admittedly not as hard on the brakes though. ------------------
86 GT built 2.2 ecotec turbo
rear SLA suspension
QA1 coilovers on tube arms
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