This is my first post here on Lateral G and I hope someone can help. I have completed the front C5 brake swap on my 70 Chevelle, and I am now trying to figure out what to do for the rear. I am pretty much set on swapping late model LS1 camaro brakes over (backing plates/calipers/disks etc), but I have one major concern and the answer seems to be elusive. Is there any definate way to get the parking brake to work correctly while maintaining the factory chevelle park brake pedal/cable assembly?
Any direction on this issue would be greatly appreciated. I dont have the swap parts in hand yet (i'm sure it would help me figure it out) but i dont want to buy them and be stuck wioth something i'm not gonna use. Thanks in advance.
Go with the 93-97 Z28 brakes. They are almost a direct bolt on and will allow a forward ebrake cable mounting just like OEM. There are companies out there that sell the lines or you can just order the cables from BAER. The Z brakes are the same as the bear rear brakes. They use an 11.75" rotor with the aluminum PBR calipers with integrated ebrake lever. This is what I have on my ride.
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Twin Turbo LS1 '71 Chevelle
1000 hp 93 octane street car
6 speed
Thanks nitrorocket, The Z28 set-up was something else I had thought of. You dont happen to have any pics of your set-up do you? Also did you use the factory z-28 backing/mounting plate or fabricate one?