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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 09:47 PM
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Rear LS1 or PBR

Which are more powerful brakes; the LS1 rear disc brake setup or the 89+ PBR (1le) rear brakes?
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Old Sep 23, 2002 | 11:18 PM
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I don't know about powerful, but the LS 1's are thicker rotors so they will take more heat before giving up.
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Old Sep 24, 2002 | 12:58 AM
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Sweet so LS1's are thinker, what about height? Aren’t the PBR rear brakes 12 inch rotors? What are the LS1's?
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Old Sep 25, 2002 | 02:42 PM
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Anyone know if the LS1 rear rotors are the same height as the 89+ PBR rear ones?
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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 09:32 PM
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From what I've read they are about the same size. Like 11.87 or something like that.
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Old Oct 3, 2002 | 07:11 PM
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Originally posted by IROC212
From what I've read they are about the same size. Like 11.87 or something like that.
FWIW, the LS1 rear brakes I just bought have PBR cast into the calipers.
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