SSBC Calipers
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Burning Brakes
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From: whitman massachusetts
SSBC Calipers
Just wondered if anyone is running the Stainless Steel Brake Corp. Foce 10 4 piston calipers, and if so, what your opinion of the product is as opposed to what you had before. I am getting ready to tackle the braking system on my car and wondered if they are worth the $1500.00 to put them on all 4 corners. I am going to be running 400 + HP and while I do not have money to burn, do not want to skimp on the braking ability. Another feature I found appealing with the product was the piston/O-ring combo in the stainless bores. Car will not be driven that often, felt this setup might minimize leaking problems. Input on this or any other products is much appreciated.
Safety Car
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From: Norwalk Ct
I have no experience with SSBC, but I do have Wilwood calipers all round on mine, a bolt on kit from Corvette Engineering (Forum sponsor). They are lighter than stock, look great and perform really well..and a lot less than $1500.
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Just wondered if anyone is running the Stainless Steel Brake Corp. Foce 10 4 piston calipers, and if so, what your opinion of the product is as opposed to what you had before. I am getting ready to tackle the braking system on my car and wondered if they are worth the $1500.00 to put them on all 4 corners. I am going to be running 400 + HP and while I do not have money to burn, do not want to skimp on the braking ability. Another feature I found appealing with the product was the piston/O-ring combo in the stainless bores. Car will not be driven that often, felt this setup might minimize leaking problems. Input on this or any other products is much appreciated.
The 48mm will not fit 15 inch wheels. I was running stainless sleeved calipers and started by changing the rear calipers to SSBC 43mm aluminum calipers and when braking it felt like the front calipers were not working anymore so I decided to change all four of them, the difference is awesome in my opinion
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Melting Slicks
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My brother is running SSBC's on all corners of his firebird formula. Nice calipers. For that kind of money i would install Wilwoods like mentioned above. I have VBP's ss sleved 0-ring calipers powder coated red for just around $400. They ran stock calipers on the L88's with over 450hp. I see no reason why stock won't work for a street car. I went with the SS Sleved O-rings for the same reason...the car is a seasonal driver and the orings should prevent leaking over the winter. You can get a sweet package from them with calipers, pads and thermal cycled rotors for under $1k.
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I have the aluminum SSBC calipers on my 68. Haven't driven it yet, but
the calipers look really great and also installed very easily.
One possible exception to the easy installation. The rear brake lines "feed" into the rear calipers at a different location than stock. You could perhaps bend your stock brake tubes, but I don't think it'd look nice. I bent, cut, and flared a stock soft steel brake line to make it fit my SSBC rear calipers. Next I took some stock unused stainless steel rear caliper brake lines (part of my ss brake line kit) and mailed them and my modified stock soft steel lines to Inline Tube. They then cut, bent, and flared my supplied ss brake lines so I ended up with custom ss brake lines for my SSBC rear aluminum calipers. I had to rely upon Inline because I don't have the tools to double flare ss. Looks nice. Forget what Inline charged but it was a very minimal price.
Also, if you buy new rotors, it's probably worth it to pay the extra amount of money and get the cad plated rotors. I have unplated on the front wheels and plated on the rears. Even after painting the front rotors, the cad plated looks better as time has passed.
the calipers look really great and also installed very easily.
One possible exception to the easy installation. The rear brake lines "feed" into the rear calipers at a different location than stock. You could perhaps bend your stock brake tubes, but I don't think it'd look nice. I bent, cut, and flared a stock soft steel brake line to make it fit my SSBC rear calipers. Next I took some stock unused stainless steel rear caliper brake lines (part of my ss brake line kit) and mailed them and my modified stock soft steel lines to Inline Tube. They then cut, bent, and flared my supplied ss brake lines so I ended up with custom ss brake lines for my SSBC rear aluminum calipers. I had to rely upon Inline because I don't have the tools to double flare ss. Looks nice. Forget what Inline charged but it was a very minimal price.
Also, if you buy new rotors, it's probably worth it to pay the extra amount of money and get the cad plated rotors. I have unplated on the front wheels and plated on the rears. Even after painting the front rotors, the cad plated looks better as time has passed.
