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Can i get brembo brakes for my 78 vette? If i can does anyone know a site where i can get them at?
keith
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Last edited by Rydin Dirty; Jun 13, 2006 at 06:45 PM.
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i was looking through that page that u sent me and it went from the c2's straight to the c4's
. Unless i missed something? If i did could u show me where i can get a brake system for a 1978 corvette? thank you!!
keith
. Unless i missed something? If i did could u show me where i can get a brake system for a 1978 corvette? thank you!!keith
Last edited by Rydin Dirty; Jun 13, 2006 at 06:45 PM.
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Originally Posted by Rydin Dirty
i was looking through that page that u sent me and it went from the c2's straight to the c4's . Unless i missed something? If i did could u show me where i can get a break system for a 1978 corvette? thank you!!
keith
. Unless i missed something? If i did could u show me where i can get a break system for a 1978 corvette? thank you!!keith
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by xcelciador
65-67 c2 is the same as c3. May I ask why you need upgraded brakes?
heck, you've got 13 inch rotors and four piston calipers from the factory!!! ... What more does a street machine need?
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoPaul
My thoughts too. I've replaced the brake system on my '76 with all new and there is nary an issue AT ALL with them.
heck, you've got 13 inch rotors and four piston calipers from the factory!!! ... What more does a street machine need?
heck, you've got 13 inch rotors and four piston calipers from the factory!!! ... What more does a street machine need?
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my brakes are junk. I bought the car and the bolts are seized. The bleader valvue hasn't been broken in years. I want to get some new brakes so i was just trying to figure out what would be the best brakes for my car.
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Corvette Engineering a forum vender, can set you up with wilwood calipers and adapter brackets for not a whole lot more than replacing the stock calipers with rebuilt.
I was at Mosport yesterday and used the brakes hard. No way stock calipers would have held up.
I was at Mosport yesterday and used the brakes hard. No way stock calipers would have held up.
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Yes you can get brembos, ACP (Euskirchen)/Jörg Vogelsang in Germany sells the kits (brackets, hoses, bolts and I think rebuilt porsche calipers) Mov-It may have something also (also in Germany) but it's probabyl cheaper to get the calipers yourself and design a bracket.
As for the parking brake, do you mean the mechanical spot caliper? They are just wilwoods and have been around for a long time, I'm using one on the pinion as my parking brake.
As for the parking brake, do you mean the mechanical spot caliper? They are just wilwoods and have been around for a long time, I'm using one on the pinion as my parking brake.
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Originally Posted by Rydin Dirty
Can i get brembo brakes for my 78 vette? If i can does anyone know a site where i can get them at?
keith
keith
If Brembo is what you are after contact http://www.movitbrakesusa.com/ they make the best bolt on kits for our cars.
I just installed set of Willwood's on my 79 with set of 13" cross drilled and slotted rotors. I got the kit from PBC, very poor quality kit, nothing fit, I basically had to re-do the all the brackets and shims and rotors to make them work!!!
Now that the brakes are on and I have since put 500miles on them I must say that with the Hydroboost these brakes are stunning. Like the guys have said here, stock brakes are good too, when everything works as intended by the GM. Only thing that I always had with stock brakes was fading. Even with new fluids, Hawk pads and everything new they still started to fade after few quality minutes of som hard driving. I have given my new brakes some good ol' spanking and yet I haven't noticed any fading, just amazing braking power all the time!
These brakes also came with 2-piece rotors, the front hats are aluminum, very very light. THe stock calipers are cast iron and man are they heavy. I lost over 10kg's on the brakes alone and that made a difference to the steering feel when braking and turning the wheel at the same time....
Here's a shot of my "new" old stock brakes
And here's the new brakes
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