88' s-10 brake upgrade/new to site

[s10nova]

Hi, i'm new to the site and you guys seem more serious and hardcore about...well going fast and stopping..and cornering than anyone, and more knowledgeable than any of the yuppies at the s-10 forums but what are some fairly easy(or not) bolt on parts that i can put on my s-10's brakes, they are about shot, they are also manual, does anyone run manual brakes with a proportioning valve and do you get the results you wanted? i saw someone from here had the ls1 stuff on ebay for sale and was considering it as a upgrade to my front discs(rear are drums), what all parts would i need to replace/fabricate, any insight would be awesome, hopefully theirs some s-10 owners out their, thanks

[lower90xcab]

Both baer and SSBC offer front/rear complete up big brake up-grade kits for s10. I think that wilwood also has one too. I am running rear 94-96 Impala SS disc brakes on my truck. The easiest/cheapest swap right now is the 98-02 LS1 Camaro rear disc. They bolt right up other than fabing up the parking brake cable. As for the front I believe that Ed Miller is making a kit to convert the fronts to sealed hubed C5 brakes which require the 2wd blazer spindle. I have link to Ed Miller's website but its not finished yet. If you are member of s-seriesforum.com there is a whole write up on Ed Miller's front kit.


Miller Pics

Miller's unfinished website link

Baer Brakes

SSBC


Gald to see another s-series owner on here!!!

[Slow Ride]

I had MAJOR problems with the SSBC Force 10 twin piston calipers. SSBC actually told me to take them off and return them and said they were not going to offer them anymore. I actually went back to stock and they work pretty well. I am using a stock manual master with stock calipers/rotors up front with Ford 11X2 drums in the back with a wilwood adjustable prop valve. Most S-10 systems are modified G-body kits and don't always work out so well. So do your homework before buying.

[syborg tt]

if you want to go really big Precision Brakes offer a 14" kit for the s10

[jerome]

I also have an S10 and i know that ed over at s-seriesforum modifies s10 spindles to work with LS1 camaro and C5 brakes.

CBR performance has brackets for the 98+ 2wd blazer spindles
Does anyone know the pros and cons of changing to this spindle? i think they use a different hub design?

Also does anyone have a link to a page explaining how to modify a regular s10 spindle to accept C5 brakes, both the spacer part and the hub made of the old rotor?

thanks
Jerome