Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?
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Car: 1986 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 97 LT1 W/ Alot of goodies.
Transmission: 4L60E W/ Yank SS3600
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9 Bolt BW
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?
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Car: 1986 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 97 LT1 W/ Alot of goodies.
Transmission: 4L60E W/ Yank SS3600
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9 Bolt BW
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?
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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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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Car: 1986 Pontiac Firebird
Engine: 97 LT1 W/ Alot of goodies.
Transmission: 4L60E W/ Yank SS3600
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9 Bolt BW
Re: Did a rear upgrade (drum to disk), should i upgrade anything else?
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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http://www.finelinesinc.com/
http://www.classictube.com/
http://www.inlinetube.com/
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