I hear people talking all the time about a brake upgrade with Camaro & Cadillac calipers. Exactly which years of Camaro and which models & years Cadillac? How much of a bracket is necessary in the rear?

The complete article with details is here http://www.ipass.net/~fieroman/terranexus//fieroman/walt/walt.htm

Try here http://www.terranexus.com/fieroman/brakes/brakes.htm
This article lists everything.

Hmm, great minds think alike! Fierosound posted while I was searching for my link. His is more direct.

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The first one was the one I was looking for. Thanks.

I have it
I love it

89 Camaro calipers
Chrysler Lebaron rotors

hand of god stopping power

JM

I thought you had Wilwood calipers?

I have 3 sets of calipers for the fronts

Wilwood 4 pistons that wor great on the track , but chatter on the street

1Le camaro Calipers with bigger pistons than the stock units

and Stock 89 Calipers.

I want to try the wilwoods again , but haven't had the time to play with the car , been busy finishing my degree

JM

Do they all miraculously use the same mounting pattern/offset?

No , the wilwoods have different brackets and spacers , I have the Cad files for them. The 1Le units are identical tot he stock camaro units

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Jonathan McCreery

86 GT 4spd
Koni's , Coilovers, Big Bars , 17" Trmotorsports Typhoons , 11.25" vented discs, Wilwood 4 Piston Calipers , Pirelli P Zero's, Short Shift, No cat , Cold air induction , Geni Stainless tips, White face gauges , Momo shift , momo pedals, Big Bore TB, 70Hp Shot, Autometer A/F meter & electric fuel pressure of NOS Autocrossed , Tracked , Dragged? (soon) abused.

How do/did you like the 1LE calipers? My brake upgrade has been delayed for another month. I am trying to get my truck running, so I have something to drive.

Some people have winter projects. Mine has turned into a big summer project. I am replacing more than the brakes.

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I love the 1LE calipers. I still have the stock calipers and take them with me to the track just incase something happens.

The brakes work great , they haul the car down from any speed quickly and with little drama. There are a few little tricks you can do to get the system working better.

removing the spring in the balancer is one of them. It just balances the brakes more towards the rear than the stock setup.

JM

Hello, I sell the brackets for this kit, drilled tapped painted high temp black.
$175 plus $15 shipping.
Contact me at boostedfiero@yahoo.com

quote Originally posted by Custom84cp: Hello, I sell the brackets for this kit, drilled tapped painted high temp black. $175 plus $15 shipping. Contact me at boostedfiero@yahoo.com

Sorry, buying them ain't my style. I'll make my own.

quote Originally posted by Custom84cp: Hello, I sell the brackets for this kit, drilled tapped painted high temp black. $175 plus $15 shipping. Contact me at boostedfiero@yahoo.com

i've been wanting to get some from you but i just need the fronts (using them with an '88 rear brake setup). did you ever find out if i could just get the front pair?

quote Originally posted by Slammed Fiero: No , the wilwoods have different brackets and spacers , I have the Cad files for them. The 1Le units are identical tot he stock camaro units

What format are these drawings?
Would you mind e-mailing them to me?

Thanks.

hey slammed, that looks SWEET what drop are you running and what kit is it, and from where.

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blue 87gt, loaded, mr mikes interior,OZ f1 plus rims, and a wee bit of TLC within that bad a$$ v-6, suspension is under construction, getting torn apart right now.

What you coould do is get the Wilwood GmIII's
there identical to the regular camaro's but with bigger pistons and they are all aluminum.

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Patrick Szewczyk
1987 Fiero GT, 5 spd, sunroof CDF clutch, Koni's all around, Ground Control coilovers in the rear, lowered 2" -dropped spindles-front, poly bushings: control arms-sway bars-cradle-motor-dogbone, rear sway bar, pioneer cd player, 180 stat, 176-166 fan switch, MSD Coil, Rodney Dickman's short shifter, bushings, etc..., 11.25" big brakes w/Ebrake, k&n filter, I have a 3800SC SII that's goin in soon, + 17x7.5 MiM Venezias wheels + 225/45/17 and 235/40/17's ---------------Also have a 1996 3800 Series II 25k MOTOR FOR SALE.

quote Originally posted by VISCERAL: What you coould do is get the Wilwood GmIII's there identical to the regular camaro's but with bigger pistons and they are all aluminum.

That sounds like a good idea for a future project, but I've already got a pair of dynalites. How much do the GMIII's cost? Wilwood finally sent me their latest catalog, but it doesn't have a price list.

Will,is there any way to use the Fiero rear hubs in the larger bearing/hub carrier?
To keep the stock wheel bolt pattern that is.

quote Originally posted by lowCG: Will,is there any way to use the Fiero rear hubs in the larger bearing/hub carrier? To keep the stock wheel bolt pattern that is.

You could have an adapter ring machined... but why?

The aforementioned Camaro & Cadillac upgrade using mounting brackets on stock hub carriers is functionally exactly what you'd end up with using the A-body hub carriers with no brackets, except that the A-body setup would weigh more. Depending on the cost of the adapter ring, the A-body setup might be cheaper.

In my eyes, the whole point of doing the A-body conversion is to have the 115 bolt circle. I did it to fit a set of 16x8 Grand Prix Turbo wheels I found in a local junkyard. I don't like that I have accept that kind of weight penalty and give up my parking brake.

For what it's worth: The Wilwood GMIII's have a 2.75 inch piston, but the 1LE "heavy duty" Camaro caliper is aluminum and has 2 pistons that are 1.5 inch each.