03-15-2010, 10:08 PM | #1 |
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Brembo Brake Swap V-6 to SS and SS to V-6
These pictures were taken this weekend when I upgraded my Brakes to the Stock SS Brembo 4-Piston Brakes.
Thanks to WongBob and for the install work and Swap. These pictures will show the Rear Backing Plate before and after the trimming for the larger Brembo Rotors to fit. More Pictures to come later. NOTE: The BIG difference in size of the Rotors and Calipers.
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03-15-2010, 10:12 PM | #2 |
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nice! trying to get mine done in a couple of weeks. brakes are sitting in my garage...
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03-15-2010, 10:12 PM | #3 |
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looks good
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03-15-2010, 10:29 PM | #4 |
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Continuation of Pictures.
More pics of Backing Plate, before and after the trimming. The Finished Product, turned out great. I will get more pics up soon from the side of the car.
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Might I suggest you invest in a vacuum bleeder to assist in bleeding the brakes.
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03-15-2010, 11:35 PM | #6 |
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Here is mine getting started.
This was the first time I noticed the chevy emblem in the hood insulation. Factory front: Factory rear: Front disassembled: Rear disassembled: Front with V6 swap: Rear with V6 swap: All done! Brake bleed pump: The swap on both cars was mostly simple. If you have your basic hand tools along with the brake bleeder tool and a grinder with a cutoff wheel you will be fine and could have the swap done in less than 4 hours if you have someone to help out a bit. Everything is a direct bolt on going from Brembo's to V6 brakes on an SS, but upgrading to the Brembo's from the V6 brakes requires cutting of the backing plate on the rear. I cut off most of the lip just to be sure everything would clear. Make sure to swap all the brake lines as they do have different fittings on the caliper side. Calipers, rotors, and lines are the only parts to swap from one car to the other. The front backing plates are the same. Bleeding the brakes on these cars can be a pain. It took nearly 4 hours to bleed Eric's brakes. half of that was trying to bleed them manually and the other half was using the vacuum pump. The vacuum pump worked great after using a little teflon on the threads for the bleeder screws. You still have to be easy with the teflon on the bleeders because it can still leak if you work the bleeders open and closed too much. My car took one 30 minutes to tear down and 2 hours to put it back together, bleed the brakes, and finally test drive it. This entire swap is easy and with a bit of help you could do both cars with ease in less than 8 hours. You can find the vacuum hand pump and all other tools at any local auto parts store. The pump itself costs around $60, but I don't see any other way to get all the air out of the system. Make sure to have plenty of brake fluid on hand. We went through 2000ml between both cars. 1500 was completely wasted trying to manually bleed Erics car, lol. |
03-16-2010, 01:13 PM | #7 |
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EXCELENT WORK GUYS.
It was a real pleasure to meet you and Bud. It was a fun day of trial and error till we figured out where the leaks were coming from. Thanks again for your efforts. Good luck with the rest of your mods. Can't wait to see your car rockin the smaller tires.
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03-17-2010, 08:04 PM | #8 |
I was wondering why an SS WANTED the V6 brakes??? But I suppose if you wanted smaller rims you would have to replace the brakes.
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Congrats Viper1Cobra, Glad to see your upgrade was done!!! Looks GOOOOOOOODDDDD
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03-17-2010, 09:20 PM | #10 |
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Congrats on the swap makes a world of difference I live my Brembos on my 2LT/RS
Sean
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When you talk about swapping the brake line from the caliper, is this the line your talking about? Just the short (12" or so) brake line off of the caliper, correct?
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03-18-2010, 08:38 AM | #13 |
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Yes, that is the brake line. We swapped everything that was required from one to car to the other, to include the brake lines.
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Thanks. That looks so good. I was wanting to make sure that that was the only line swap required.
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