Building a better brake system...

[kllrvet]

I am trying to build a complete brake system for my 1968 Camaro. So far, I have a set of six pistion Wilwoods for the front, and thats it :)

I'm now trying to decide if I should just go with C5 corvette front rotors and calipers for the rear, or pony up the extra $$ for complimenting Wilwood rears. I was also planning on running a Hydroboost with a Gen 4 Camaro master cylinder.

Anyone have any experience with this setup? Any Pro's or cons?

Thanks in advance

Tony

[MrQuick]

or pony up the extra $$ for complimenting Wilwood rears. Anyone have any experience with this setup? Tony your half way there, might as well finish.

[Apogee]

Welcome to the site.

X2...I'm with Vince, throwing C5 fronts in the rear would be a terrible match to the Wilwood 6-piston fronts (Superlite? W6A?) in terms of caliper piston area. The C5/C6 rear setup in the rear would hydraulically balance out much better, but whether you go that route or a matching Wilwood kit would be up to you. You were considering running fronts in the rear, so would I be correct to assume that you have no interest in having a parking brake?

For the master cylinder, there are several different hydroboost solutions, however running a 1" bore fourth-gen F-body MC is probably not the best idea considering most people run 1.125" bore units with aftermarket brakes and hydroboost, and even then some would consider them to be over-boosted.

Tobin
KORE3

[LowFast]

Use the new 12" 2 piston floating set-up from Wilwood, it will match the front nicely and helps avoid knock-back issues. My kit arrived last week and I plan to tackle it this weekend if I have time.

[kllrvet]

How about a 1.25 diameter bore master cylinder like this one?:
http://www.carparts.com/details/Chevrolet/K1500/Replacement/Brake_Master_Cylinder/1995/REPC270901.html?TID=froogle&cprebrmacy95chevroletk150019941999replacementrepc2 70901830959