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Husky44

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OK, while doing the gear swap, I discovered that my rear brakes need to be replaced. Car is a street only, summer daily driver. Front brakes don't need to be replaced now, so a 4 wheel swap isn't desired.

Just spent $2500 on a high-end 4 wheel disk kit for the 67, and not really in the mood to do that again.

What would you guys recommend? I've only got one summer driving it, and I don't remember thinking "Oh, CRAP, I don't think I've got enough brakes to stop this thing!" Any reason why the factory size wouldn't be sufficient? Maybe some slotted rotors with Hawk pads, but nothing too fancy?
 
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im going with the front cobra brake kit (99-04) from americanmuscle.com...
 

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Cobra brakes are a waste IMO unless you're making it a road racer. If anything, just get some good ceramic pads with good slotted rotors, or even drilled and slotted if they have a warranty(drilled rotors can crack if they're made of cheap steel)
 

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I vote for the full cobras all the way around. I am VERY happy with mine and mine never sees the track.
 

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for what you have in the car, i would just get some slotted rotors and good pads and be done with it.
 

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The rear brakes don't make much difference. A lot of guys change out the front for Cobra brakes and leave the back stock, and you can't even tell the difference between that and the full Cobra package. I would just do the pads. Even the rotors are kind of a waste of money.

Kurt
 

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Agreed with revhead. The rear brakes aren't very useful on a car as front-heavy as ours - the front brakes take most of the load. When you say the rears "need to be replaced", do you mean they need new pads and maybe rotors? Or are the calipers locked up? Don't know if you're aware, but you can't just compress the piston in the rear calipers like you can in the front. You have to twist them in.
 

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Lubing up the slider pins always makes a big difference in brake wear.

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Chythar said:
Agreed with revhead. The rear brakes aren't very useful on a car as front-heavy as ours - the front brakes take most of the load. When you say the rears "need to be replaced", do you mean they need new pads and maybe rotors? Or are the calipers locked up? Don't know if you're aware, but you can't just compress the piston in the rear calipers like you can in the front. You have to twist them in.
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Need new pads and rotors. PS rotor had about a 1/4" thick chunk of pad welded to it. They aren't worth trying to save.

I had no idea about the twist-in pistons? Guess I'll have to look that up before I start reassembly. Thanks!

I'll order some stock replacements, probably go ahead and pop for the slotted ones and some hawk pads. Do these things have an adjustable prop valve? Is that a worthwhile add? Seems like the consensus is the back brakes don't do much, but wouldn't it help to dial a little more pressure back there?
 

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a cheap alternative for the front if you wanted to do it is the 99-04 gt/V6 PBR dual piston calipers. They use the same rotors as the 94-98 but different pads.

the rears i would just do new pads/rotors
 
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