Thread: Fbody brake swap questions...

So I have noticed that a number of people have Fbody brakes installed on their cars, and there were a couple setups in the classified section... I was wondering what all is needed for this, and what year cars they come off. I was at the local bone yard the other day and they had about 4 or 5 4th gen camaros and a couple third gen camaros all with the complete front brakes. What do I need? just the brackets and calipers? do I need different rotors than I have stock on my GTP?

you need the calipers, the brackets, and the rotors, but new rotors are a good idea. and the f body brake lines. or stainless steel lines are nice too. any 2000 and up camaro, or firebird will work.

and you will need 4 of these spacers listed below, or drill and tap your the f body bracket to fit the w body bolts. the f body bolts are thinner then the w body bolts, so you need to do one or the other.

If your going to a junkyard and have the original Camaro bracket bolts, and want to re-use those, then skip #1

1- (4) 12mm bolts 12x1.75x40mm
2- (4) 6679K16 spacers from McMaster-Carr (12mm INSIDE/14mm OUTSIDE/15MM LONG)


heres a pretty good write up as well. shows the spacers too. Midwest 3800 • How to install F-body brakes [ Guest ]

Cool. Thanks Scotty. Seeing as how the ABS wires from the sensors on BOTH sides are fubar on my car, looks like this spring I will be doing this and new timken hubs. That write up makes it simple.

Don't use the spacers to do it... Lemme rephrase that..


You can use the spacers, but I wouldn't trust that one bit.

I tapped the brackets for mine. A lot safer and not hard to do.

Oh and it's 98+ fbodies

the spacers are hardened steel bearings. i see nothing wrong with using them at all. got em on my car, no problems.

Hey Scotty,
I plan on doing this to my car as well but I thought you could use the calipers and brackets from a 1998 camaro and up, am I wrong ( Don't worry I won't buy them from Spartan LOL)

Here's where I got my info on the calipers from

http://www.grandprixforums.net/big-b...ead-39174.html (The Big Bad Brake Thread)

yeah i was off by two years it seems lol

its one up grade you can enjoy daily. it made a big difference in how my car stops, in dry,wet and snow covered roads.

pretty sure the 04 and up use a e brake in the caliper, not the drum in the rotor like the 97-03 and it is convertible to the newer style.

You can't use the rotors from a camaro, you need to use monte or impala rotors

This is the forst I heard of the camaro rotors not working... so what year Impala and Monte do we need?

Originally Posted by kuntzie

You can't use the rotors from a camaro, you need to use monte or impala rotors

Wrong

You use the 06+ impala rotors with 06* impala calipers.
That's due to the change in the bracket and the design of the hat on the rotor

Originally Posted by 99PGPGT

Don't use the spacers to do it... Lemme rephrase that..


You can use the spacers, but I wouldn't trust that one bit.

I tapped the brackets for mine. A lot safer and not hard to do.

Wrong

More BS that makes you guys look uncredible

Uhhh no...



You're wrong for saying I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by 99PGPGT

Uhhh no...



You're wrong for saying I'm wrong.

Where's your proof?

Any fbody rotor will work. It's the same part number as the larger impala and monte rotor

most rotors have enlarged hole for many applications. f-body rotors fit fine.

Your missing the specifics in my reply