Front Brake Upgrade Suggestions Needed

[Steve Wood]

in a bootleggers' turn, you jerk the handbrake to lock the rear tires...so it may be scary, but, not unexpected...y ou also spin the steering wheel to facilitate the turn...

When the rears lock without intent in the middle of traffic, it is definitely scary and completely unexpected...i t gets more scary when you are on a multilaned road in the middle of traffic

[$1987 GN$]

in a bootleggers' turn, you jerk the handbrake to lock the rear tires...so it may be scary, but, not unexpected...y ou also spin the steering wheel to facilitate the turn...

When the rears lock without intent in the middle of traffic, it is definitely scary and completely unexpected...i t gets more scary when you are on a multilaned road in the middle of traffic

People are awake.   

AJ___

[Scoobum]

I think the only issue with the Baer is clearance issues depending on what kind of wheel you use.

I like the stock appearance so I still have stock GN wheels up front and widened GN wheels out back...because of that I went with SSBC brakes up front, aluminum drums and S10 brakes* out back.

*I don't think Steve likes the S10 brake conversion  ...it's gonna get us all killed.

SSBC have no clearance issues with the stock GN rims...perfect .

[turbojd]

I did a front brake conversion on my GN a few months ago, I swapped in a 1998-05 S-10 blazer 2WD knuckle assembly and hubs, with all new zinc slotted rotors and stainless steel brake lines. It made a noticeable difference in stopping power! I got my setup from a junkyard. It's a dual piston caliper setup with 11" rotors as was said above. It also cleared my 15" Kirban GNX look a like rims no problem.

[Steve Wood]

give us some pics and a write up on that....15" or 16" Kirban gnx knock offs?  Mine are old, but 16"s

[turbojd]

Steve, I got the idea from a write up on the other board http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/brakes-suspension-tires-wheels/171079-11-bolt-brakes.html

[Charlief1]

That's where I got the idea as well. I also converted mine to rear disc so I'll have more than enough stopping power when I need it.

[turbojd]

You did the rear disc conversion to, Nice!!

[Charlief1]

You did the rear disc conversion to, Nice!!

Sure did. I had a customer stiff me on an axle rebuild and kept the axles for his camaro. Wasn't sure what I was gonna do with it until I found out that the brakes could be adapted to the G body rear. It also has the torson diff in it so it's my back up for the weak 7.5" if I blow the posi out.

[turbojd]

When I did my 11" dual piston conversion, I didn't need to use the Edelman brake line adapter he's talking about, My brake lines bolted right in no problem , and I used the S10 Blazer stainless brake lines.

[Charlief1]

What year did you get them for?

[turbojd]

What year did you get them for?

1998-2005 fit right on, no problems! That is Chevy S10 Blazer 2WD 1998-05!

[Charlief1]

Thanks.

[turbojd]

I got the stainless brake hoses from ebay, a place called Silverstone Modification N Racing

[mrtiptop]

 Get the complete spindles off a last gen S-10 Blazer 4 door 2WD.
Only 98 -05 s10 blazers come with this brake setup
 They have an 11" disc and dual piston calipers that will fit in a 15" wheel.
 It is a direct bolt on.
Newer S-Series is a brake upgrade for the G-body but then 14" stop fitting !