The best, biggest, most reliable brake system for 70 Camaro?

[SS1156]

I am putting together a list of things to purchase. I found the car that I want and I will be able to afford it after selling the Saleen and it will still give me some breathing room cashwise until I find a job. The car has a running 307 in it and the owner said that it might be a little tired so I located a decent 327 from a friend for $500 that's from carb to pan ( I love you Rodney) and I will have to have the TH350 gone through I'm sure. Thank God I have a buddy that works onb TH350's for a living and told me not to worry about. Ok getting back to my plans, and please correct me if you think I should change the order that this stuff should be done in.

1) Completely rebuild suspension: A-arm bushings (trying for used or get Lee to help out with some upper & lower arms), ball joints, springs (owner told me that they are Hotchkis springs & need to ck them), idler arms, center link, pitman arm, ck or replace steering box w/ quick ratio, and whatever you guys can think of. I figured this would be the best place to start. If you guys know of anything else I need to check please chime in. I thought the front suspension should be the starting point because in my mind you need a good sound foundation to build on.

2) Rebuild the brakes: The car has manual disc brakes up front and manual drum in the rears. I really wanted Baer 6 piston calipers w/ 13" slotted rotors. I'm not a fan of drilled ones. Then I was thinking of the T-4 4 piston calipers w/ 13" rotors in the rear also. I am totally open to advice on the master cylinder because I am a novice when it comes to stuff like this, so please let me know what you guys think I should install. Of course I may have to settle on less expensive brakes, but what the hell I can dream right?

Let me know what you guys think.

[SS1156]

For the brakes, can you guys list the makers that make kits other then Baer that I could take a look at? I appreciate any info you guys can help me with.

[OLDFLM]

You simply can't go wrong with KORE3!

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Originally Posted by OLDFLM

You simply can't go wrong with KORE3!

X2...Tobin is your source here.

[SR71]

use the baer track 4 in the front and the ss4+ in the rear. that gives you 4 piston calipers and 13" rotors all the way around with a nice parking brake for not much more than the 6 piston fronts alone.

[SS1156]

What do you guys think about my plan of attack as far as the order of rebuilding the car? I would love to hear your ideas from everyones point of view.

[SS1156]

Any thoughts guys?

[deuce_454]

bear, kore3 or touring classics all use PBR based calipers.. oem design and roadworthy.. willwood and other race bread brakes are great for show and limited use cars, but dont have dustboots etc... ( i dont care how any people chime in and flame me with how they work great on their pt cars.. willwood is not a durable solution)

my vote is with one of the above 3 first (i have touring classics front and bear rear) ... brembo also have some big stuff for continuous road use.. but are mucho dinerro and need custom bracketry

[Judgement]

C6 Z06 brakes front and rear are the best brakes for the money. Kore3 has all the brackets for you to get them hooked up. You can get them from Kore3, ebay or your local GM parts department.

[deuce_454]

they are an awesome set of brakes... but a set of c5 z51 brakes are less than half the money.. and pads cost nothing compared to a set of front z06 pads...

so it comes down to budget and use of the car...