Baer Classic Series brakes

[Bruce1968]

Does anyone have any experience with these brakes from Baer. Thinking of using them with a 7/8” Baer Remaster cylinder.

https://baer.com/Classic_Series.html

I have been looking at the Wilwood 6P front and 4P rear but these are about half the price. The car, 68 Camaro, is mostly a street car but I do want to the occasional autox and maybe a track day here and there.

[Jk918]

In for the feedback as well, I am considering the rear kit for a chevy 12 bolt

[Maximillion]

I’m interested as well, I’m considering Baer front brakes for my Chevy II.

[5ohphil]

Sliding, pad-guided calipers as made popular in the '90s on many top performance cars of the era, as made by PBR in Australia. PBR has been gone for some time now.

Nice technology for the price but they give up rigidity and clamping force due to the design. 95% of street cars will never notice the shortcomings of this style caliper. Don't be fooled, many full-bore race cars have used this style but they are big compromises compared to a fixed caliper.

[67-LS1]

Sliding, pad-guided calipers as made popular in the '90s on many top performance cars of the era, as made by PBR in Australia. PBR has been gone for some time now.

Nice technology for the price but they give up rigidity and clamping force due to the design. 95% of street cars will never notice the shortcomings of this style caliper. Don't be fooled, many full-bore race cars have used this style but they are big compromises compared to a fixed caliper.

Interesting. I’d have thought the floating caliper would be better for the street. I have Wilwoods with fixed calipers and between pad knock back and minute little shims to try and get them straight to the rotors, they’re a pain in the a$$.
Plus the added 0.38” per side to the width which made my tire rub.

[79 Camaro]

To me they look like C5-C6 standard calipers. Not saying that is a bad thing. If I'm right you would have tons of pad choices. I've run the C5 brakes on a number of projects and they all worked well. Make sure you match your master to the brakes.
You might save even more cash piecing it together your self.

[5ohphil]

Interesting. I’d have thought the floating caliper would be better for the street. I have Wilwoods with fixed calipers and between pad knock back and minute little shims to try and get them straight to the rotors, they’re a pain in the a$$.
Plus the added 0.38” per side to the width which made my tire rub.

Yes pad knock-back remains an issue with any caliper that does not have the luxury of being hung on either a seriously stable spindle/hub or full-floating arrangement. Pad guided calipers are much faster to install because centering to the rotor is not as crucial as a fixed caliper.
The point I was trying to convey was that this type of caliper is more than enough for most cars. This is also a move by Baer to go after some of the customers that cannot afford the higher end fixed caliper setups and instead go to Baer's competition, most of which are not American companies.

[toddz69]

To me they look like C5-C6 standard calipers. Not saying that is a bad thing. If I'm right you would have tons of pad choices. I've run the C5 brakes on a number of projects and they all worked well. Make sure you match your master to the brakes.
You might save even more cash piecing it together your self.

They were used on the C4s and Mustang Cobras. They should still have a lot of pad choices available.

Baer built their business using these PBR calipers in the 90s and early 00s.

Todd Z.

[Bruce1968]

Interesting info on the Wilwoods. Seems a bit more involved in setting up and adjusting them and then perhaps more noise as well? I wish someone had some info on relative stopping power and resistance to brake fade. I am starting to think that for a car like mine that is a street car with very limit track\autox use these Baer brakes may be the preferred option.

[67-LS1]

I have Wilwood 4 wheel disc brakes and I can that if I had to do it again I would not waste money on rear discs for the street. More hassle than it’s worth.

[Jk918]

Interesting info on the Wilwoods. Seems a bit more involved in setting up and adjusting them and then perhaps more noise as well? I wish someone had some info on relative stopping power and resistance to brake fade. I am starting to think that for a car like mine that is a street car with very limit track\autox use these Baer brakes may be the preferred option.

Maybe check with Rod at suspension geek, I believe he sells and installs these Bear kits, as I've seen him post a few on cars at his shop on fb.

[marolf101x]

When I was at ridetech, early in our autocrossing days, we had these on the blue 66 Chevelle.
They were flat out awesome for what they are. As we started making the cars faster the brakes became the weakest link, which is when we stepped up to 6 pots all around.
But we were also running a lot of big track stuff with optima.

I wouldn't hesitate a second to run these on a street car. . .even one that sees a few autocrosses per year. They are plenty capable when the system is set up correctly.

[Bruce1968]

Maybe check with Rod at suspension geek, I believe he sells and installs these Bear kits, as I've seen him post a few on cars at his shop on fb.

Yeah, that’s where I first found them.

[Jk918]

Any one know the piston size associated with these calibers can't seem to find them on there site

[toddz69]

Any one know the piston size associated with these calibers can't seem to find them on there site

The piston used on the Mustang calipers were either 38mm or 40mm, depending on the year. I'm not sure what the size of the Corvette caliper pistons are.

Todd Z.

[79 Camaro]

When in doubt give Tobin at Kore3 a call. I've used his brake parts a number of times.