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Member ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 38 Joined: 28-July 14 From: NJ SHORE Member No.: 223,824 ![]() |
New here, and seems to be the place to be....
Short history, started HPDE last fall at NJMP, After 10 days went and bought a 1998 Trans Am, which was built by Wheel to Wheel in Detroit, ran Motorola/Rolex GT 1998-2002, then became ITe/AIX car. Now it's a HPDE /Track DayCar THat I am TRYING TO SORT>>>>>>>>>>>maybe TT in the future.. MAJOR ISSUE: BRAKES SHI**TY............Must hit pedal 2x's to set up for turn.... Specs: 1998 Trans Am / 392 RWHP LS6 / Son of TransZilla T56 (yea that was a 5k mistake, visit that later) SLP Konis, rear adjustable seats, Front NASCAR sway bay, Rear Blade Sway Bar 17x11 CCW275/40 17 R1's Need insight on how to make this car brake as well as my 13' 1LE Camaro currently , WW 6SLR fronts, new rotors, new hats, PBR rears Corner balanced to 49.8 % a week ago, (still LF ride height 3/4 lower, so I screwded up my first attempt!!!) Car has proven history, looking for insight on how to make right!! Thanks from new guy, Rich hookdup@comc a st dott net ps how do add pics on this forum?? |
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Member ![]() Group: Advanced Members Posts: 218 Joined: 1-March 04 From: NY Member No.: 260 ![]() |
Did you ever check to see if your master has an internal air leak? with car off, pump up brake pedal and then hold it; does it maintain that height or does it sink back down to firewall?
Aren't BP-10 street pads? The H pads are race pads and will bite much better and withstand the heat much better. 11.5 diameter rotors? those are tiny. You should get the c5 front brake conversion kit so you can run 13 inch front rotors. I think its a pretty straight forward installation: http://www.umiperformance.com/catalog/inde...products_id=158 Then get 2 piece rotors from KNS brakes. $250 each rotor/hat combo: https://knsbrakes.com/c/car-series/166_2007...+-+Single+Rotor Have you had the calipers rebuilt? Many do it themselves but I sent mine to Todd at TCE for the rebuild and replaced the pistons with Wilwood thermolock pistons. http://www.tceperformanceproducts.com/ I don't have experience with these 2 items but they seem awesome: 1) Fays watts link: http://www.stranoparts.com/partdetails.php...7&ModelID=7 2) Unbalanced decoupled torque arm: http://www.unbalancedengineering.com/Camaro/TA/ |
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