Please Help with My 68 Chevelle Suspension! - Lateral-g Forums

crazycarl · #1 10-01-2009, 02:16 PM

There are several different packages you could look at from Speed-Tech. My suggestion is if you are considering components from ANY manufacturer to give them a call to discuss different options. If you want to lower the car you will need to either change the spindles or the a-arms. AFAIK there is at least one company that makes a different mounting position on their lower a-arm to drop the ride height.

Brakes: Wilwood, in my opinion, makes one of the best brake kits you can get. They've been in the business longer than anyone else and are easy to deal with too. They have lots of different options and they're a lot cheaper than you would expect. They also don't require adding any other parts to your system. Worst case scenario you might have to get an extra hole machined in your factory spindle. This is most likely the route that I am going to go. 12" rotors with four piston calipers seem to be about 700 and rears about 650. They don't sell direct but they can still guide you in the right direction.

Every time I've seen an article about budget brakes in one of the articles you always end up spending another 800 on a hydro-boost system, vacuum booster or some other weird piece that makes a clutter under the hood.

My two cents. My policy is always call the manufacturer for specific details like specs. Mark Savitske knows his stuff and is a cool guy but unless you plan on buying through him I wouldn't waste his time.

crazycarl · #2 10-01-2009, 02:21 PM

Oh, and Brett from BMR is a really cool guy too. I got to talk to him at Columbus in 2008. He really puts a lot of thought into making a good product.

Blake Foster · #3 10-01-2009, 04:41 PM

We have a compplete track time package for the "A" bodies

http://www.speedtech-performance.com...rod/prd186.htm

here is a link to the kit
includes front and rear everything you need

BadBowtie03 · #4 10-01-2009, 05:39 PM

I went on summits website, and I was looking at their wilwood brake kits... but there are a TON of them on their. Why do alot of them say "manual type" does that mean I have to run a manual master cylinder or am I mistaken? If I did get one of those kits, would i eventually be able to run them with different spindles? thanks

BMR Tech · #5 10-02-2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BadBowtie03

I went on summits website, and I was looking at their wilwood brake kits... but there are a TON of them on their. Why do alot of them say "manual type" does that mean I have to run a manual master cylinder or am I mistaken? If I did get one of those kits, would i eventually be able to run them with different spindles? thanks

If you end up using the stock spindle, it looks like Kore 3 and Wilwood come in roughly around the same price.

Wilwood has a 4 piston, 12.2" rotor kit for a little over $900 (they have a cheaper, 10.75" kit also available but I wouldn't recommend that) and Kore 3 has a C5 caliper, 12.8" rotor kit for about the same price. I have used kits from both companies and you can't go wrong with either.

Below are links to kits from both manufacturers:

Wilwood

Kore 3