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Old 09-30-2010, 12:54 AM
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Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?

So i finished up getting the 9 bolt in and i had everything ready but of course some shitty things happanded. The line that runs from the prop valve to the rear was bent at the bracket and caused a leak. I planned to replace part of the line but decided to yank the whole line and replace it. Anyone know any online vendors that provide the full lines? A part number would be great. Also like i said i swapped the old wimpy open 10 bolt 2.73 drum rear to a pbr 12" disk posi 9 bolt. Should i bother and upgrade the master or prop valve? I had a prop valve from a 91:92 trans am that had also a pbr rear but was a 10 bolt. Down side is ironicly enough the rear slot was stripped and would not enter properly anymore so it was wasted. Should i go hunting for another disk prop valve and master cyl?
Old 09-30-2010, 01:07 AM
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Re: Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?

Also another ? This time about rotors for the pbr rear. Since the rear came from a 89 transam i looked at autozone and each rotor was 100 each but were slotted if i recall but i recall finding a lt1 4th gen that had what looked like a pbr 4th gen rear. Am i right and is it the same thing?
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Re: Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?

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Should i go hunting for another disk prop valve and master cyl?
Combination valve, yes, master, no. Info concerning those two pieces can be found below:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tran...-10-bolts.html

The LT1 (93-97) is equipped with the same PBR calipers as 89-92 models, so I'd think the rotors would be the same as well.

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Old 10-02-2010, 11:33 PM
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Awesome thanks james. Also like i said is there a vendor that sells the brake line that runs from the combo valve to the rear?
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Re: Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?

Check the sites below:

http://www.finelinesinc.com/

http://www.classictube.com/

http://www.inlinetube.com/

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