I was planning to do the grand-am conversion on all 4 corners and use a line lock for when I want to leave the car running and get out for a minute. But I think an ebrake is needed to pass inspection. So how many of you don't have an ebrake?
Thanks!

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* 97 Olds Cutlass DD
* 86 Mustang SVO Rear Ended, R.I.P (Sold)

* 86 Fiero GT, Soon to be Northstar

Here in allegheny county you will need a e-brake. I think that is for all of PA also. If its a five speed, a manual transmission, I would think it best to find or plan for a e-brake in your conversion.

ive got the same problem...There is a few guys on here with spot calipers but nobody has done any write ups.

//www.fiero.nl/forum/A...100421-1-065677.html

I have spot calipers as part of my Held brake kit, but I had Jeremy at the Fiero Factory install them and they were part of a kit. From what I have seen though, the bracket + the calipers themselves look pretty simplistic, you might want to try emailing Erik at Held to see what it would run to get the spot calipers and bracket.

I will say that those spot calipers are only good for parking on level to soft inclines since I've managed to push the car before with them on when it was on a hill. I also unfortunately had to have a local shop do some work and they drove around with the ebrake on since the engine easily overpowers the little spot caliper pads. It'd be enough to pass inspection, but I personally leave it in gear + the brake just to have peace of mind.

I dont have one on either of my cars but my mechanic over looks it.

But yes an E-brake is required for inspection.

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Im in MD and have historic tags (means no inspection for me!) but you guys need inspections every year so youll most likely need one to pass, unless you have connections with the inspector lol. My e brake was just straight up cut out when I got my car. I havent really done anything with it though.. Id like to sometime

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quote Originally posted by meet_my_grandma: Im in MD and have historic tags (means no inspection for me!) but you guys need inspections every year so youll most likely need one to pass, unless you have connections with the inspector lol. My e brake was just straight up cut out when I got my car. I havent really done anything with it though.. Id like to sometime

Lol wouldent we all... none of my fiero's have e brake's working.. im getting used to using one with my jeep.

Never had the Ebrake work on any of my 3 fieros

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I didn't have one for a while on my 86 SE. I put Grand Am's on the front, and for a while, ran with the old front calipers on the rear. But now I have the Seville brakes on the rear, and have a working e-brake. Actually, the original one never really worked right.

Mine doesnt work, it IS required for inspection, but my mechanic ignors it...and the broken speedo, and the broken horn, and bad suspension, and so on and so on!

Thanks for the replies, I guess I will try to find a working solution. If not, then just cross my fingers.

It is only a couple of wires how hard it is to make it functional again? I assume the calipers are same as fronts and you now need to work out a way to pull the brakes tight. Perhaps some sort of diff lock using the gearbox or trans axels as it doesn't have a standard diff. Like the way 4x4s or drift cars lock their diffs with a pin somehow i am sure some street rods have got around this in the past i am curious to see how you solve it.

When I bought my car I had to restore ebrake functionality to pass PA inspection as well.

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This thread has a better explanation of the mod. //www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/083566.html

I found that the Fiero driver side cable was to short. A Pontiac 6000 cable is the correct length on the driver side.

The added advantage is that the Caddy caliper piston is just a wee bit smaller than the Grand Am piston, and it seems to balance the brakes perfectly without swapping the proportioning valve. Hope this helps.

Arn