brake upgrade
 

ok i want to do a ls1 brake upgrade to the vert, i can get everything, but i was told i need adapters. i have no idea what they mean or where i can find them. i woudl like to get some info before i go any further with this converstion.

Thanks

If they are talking about wheel spacers (adapters). You dont need adapters if you are going to use your stock wheels or wheels made for a 3rd gen (min 16" wheels). Your wheels will slightly move outward about a 1/4". I did it on my car and I got it from www.bigbrakeupgrade.com and came as a complete assembled kit. Very well put together kit.

i am useing my stock wheels, so i will be able to just bolt everything rite up with no probs.

Just bolt and go.

nice good deal, thanks for the info.

one more ? do i need a bracket to bolt the ls1 caliys to the stock thing on the 3rd gen.

are you sure you know what your getting yourself into?

You have to cut off the stock mounting ears from the spindle, drill out and tap 2 of the dust shield mounting holes, bolt an adapter bracket to these holes, then turn down the factory rotor into a hub to install the ls1 rotor onto, you need to install longer wheel studs as well.

yea i just read, now would the front sus work in my vert the upper a arm and the part where the shurt bolts too and the lower a arm would those bolt rite in so i can do the convsertion

You can get a kit from bigbrakeupgrade.com that comes fully assembled. Or you can buy the modified spindles, custom brakets, and hubs and use your own calipers and rotors.

yea i saw i am going to buy the hubs and brakets, but i cant buy the spindles and im not sure what has to be cut on mine and where the holes go to drill and tap.

I think he has a template and or directions on how to modify your stock spindles.

yea i dunno i have a friend who will modify my rotors to hubs and i will buy those brackets, so i just need to find a template for the spindles.

I would go the 1LE route before I would go through all that to get LS1 brakes on my 3rd gen.

The pistons in the LS1 calipers are slightly bigger than the pistons in the 1LE calipers from a third gen.

i wouldn't

but then again i would go c5, not ls1. No problem with the ls1 setup, but if you have larger wheels, might as well just go with the c5.

the 1le requires almost as much work, just no rotor mod.

im gunna do the ls1 swop, i have everything ready to go, i just need a template or something to where to modify my stock spindles.

i got everything figured out, started ripping apart the front end today, you know for a car that sat for 13 years the bolts sure came off easy. will have pics up later.

You'll be amazed at the improvement. Just upgrading to 1LE brakes made a huge difference on mine, worth the trouble big time.

yea deff and the ls1's on bigger, so i cant wait, so next week it should be done.

ok i think i got one more ?, i got the caly brakets made Hardcore ( Paul ) is making the spindles work for me, so the ? i have is with the hubs i cut the rotor part off from the hub and i have the hub with the sides on ill supple a pic.

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...2/DSCN0010.jpg

now as you can see the sides on still on and those little taps are grided down, when i was doing my research alot of the custom hubs the sides where gone. now will what i have work without doing anything else or do i need to get the sides cut off.

You'll want to have a machine shop finish the hubs, so they end up circular and balanced.

yea i know found out the hard way, im waiting on some stuff to sell to buy the ready made hubs.