Carlsson
02-19-2016, 09:45 PM
Hello,
I have a Camaro 67, disc brakes in the front and drum breaks in the rear.
It's my sixth year with the car and its in really good condition. And every year I update something.
This year it about brakes. I have always liked wilwood brakes, but that's actually most for the looks of it. I have been absolutely shure that those brakes is going on my car. After calling some of few dealers here in Sweden that has them I was just... Confused.
So I need help!
First things first:
The car is first of all a cruiser on sunny days...and to be clear: it's Sweden! Not California. The sunny days is so rare so when it do shines people almost get stressed out;)
What I mean is that it's not exactly a daily driver. More cruising and meet/show.
BUT I still don't want to just put on something for the looks. When suspenison and brakes are completed I may want to put in a bigger engine. so if I'm doing this brake Upgrade, then it's gonna be good and stand up for 500hp if so.
I'm the rear I have the 8,2" 10 bolt axel, from factory, no diff. And it's here somewhere everything is getting hard.
Option 1: put in a diff and make this 10 bolt an update. (This is were I'm at now in my thoughts)
Option 2:build on something else like ford 9" etc.
As for shocks and springs I have hotckis multi leaf drop springs with red koni shocks (and a it turned out to be a completely new car... Amazing)
In the front there is Hotchkis springs. Everything else is stock.
But I also have plans here. I thought of doing the guldstrand mod but I don't know how easy it is right now. But i don't know if this would be an issue for the brake question though (I have stock spindles on).
The goal with the car: have a nice streetcar with a good feeling on the road (or track?) that also turns some heads on people once and while but also that have the details for a closer look.
So, wilwood? I like the 6 piston look in the front. Just for the looks. I'm pretty shure I would be satisfied with 4 piston when it comes to driving. But since I am a narcissist that likes attention, we need to remember the looks;)
I'm not necessarily updating both front and rear this year depending on what everything cost. This is gonna be expensive however I do so. Just the import charges is pretty much.
But is there any wilwood kit here that I should stay away from? There are maaaany options. One thing here that I find difficult is the change of offset?
I also emailed Tobin at kore3 since I see a lot of people mention him/them in several forums. And that is absolutely an option for me to go with there corvette brakes.
Baer is nice but out of my league I think. I'm not THAT cool:)
And then we have the cpp big wheel brake kit. And we'll, couldn't complain about the price. But in general you get what you pay for... With that sad I don't mean it's bad stuff. You also pay for a brand and profile, some people don't give a sh*t about that. Good for them, sounds easy living. But I'm not that person:)
Feel free to give me any input! I'm not an expert at all. But I don't rush into things and I'm really thankful and glad for every new stuff and experiences I can learn!
I have a Camaro 67, disc brakes in the front and drum breaks in the rear.
It's my sixth year with the car and its in really good condition. And every year I update something.
This year it about brakes. I have always liked wilwood brakes, but that's actually most for the looks of it. I have been absolutely shure that those brakes is going on my car. After calling some of few dealers here in Sweden that has them I was just... Confused.
So I need help!
First things first:
The car is first of all a cruiser on sunny days...and to be clear: it's Sweden! Not California. The sunny days is so rare so when it do shines people almost get stressed out;)
What I mean is that it's not exactly a daily driver. More cruising and meet/show.
BUT I still don't want to just put on something for the looks. When suspenison and brakes are completed I may want to put in a bigger engine. so if I'm doing this brake Upgrade, then it's gonna be good and stand up for 500hp if so.
I'm the rear I have the 8,2" 10 bolt axel, from factory, no diff. And it's here somewhere everything is getting hard.
Option 1: put in a diff and make this 10 bolt an update. (This is were I'm at now in my thoughts)
Option 2:build on something else like ford 9" etc.
As for shocks and springs I have hotckis multi leaf drop springs with red koni shocks (and a it turned out to be a completely new car... Amazing)
In the front there is Hotchkis springs. Everything else is stock.
But I also have plans here. I thought of doing the guldstrand mod but I don't know how easy it is right now. But i don't know if this would be an issue for the brake question though (I have stock spindles on).
The goal with the car: have a nice streetcar with a good feeling on the road (or track?) that also turns some heads on people once and while but also that have the details for a closer look.
So, wilwood? I like the 6 piston look in the front. Just for the looks. I'm pretty shure I would be satisfied with 4 piston when it comes to driving. But since I am a narcissist that likes attention, we need to remember the looks;)
I'm not necessarily updating both front and rear this year depending on what everything cost. This is gonna be expensive however I do so. Just the import charges is pretty much.
But is there any wilwood kit here that I should stay away from? There are maaaany options. One thing here that I find difficult is the change of offset?
I also emailed Tobin at kore3 since I see a lot of people mention him/them in several forums. And that is absolutely an option for me to go with there corvette brakes.
Baer is nice but out of my league I think. I'm not THAT cool:)
And then we have the cpp big wheel brake kit. And we'll, couldn't complain about the price. But in general you get what you pay for... With that sad I don't mean it's bad stuff. You also pay for a brand and profile, some people don't give a sh*t about that. Good for them, sounds easy living. But I'm not that person:)
Feel free to give me any input! I'm not an expert at all. But I don't rush into things and I'm really thankful and glad for every new stuff and experiences I can learn!