Brakes, making sure I cross my T's and dotted my i's (Page 1/1)
soup JUN 15, 06:09 PM
Hey guys, haven't been on here in so long so I sort of feel like I am leeching information on here these days (despite having an account on here for probably 20 years or so) but I am hoping some of you can give me some advice.

I am getting some of the final work done to my car now after body, interior (amida), 3800 swap and paint.

I am having my local shop quote out the brakes, but I feel i need more stopping power. So I spent a few hours in google, and the search here on the forum but so much of the information is outdates, even from posts only a year or two old. (for example, so many links to Ogre with dead links and only able to use the wayback machine)

1. I am thinking Corvette brakes in the front. I am thinking of just performance fiero brakes in the back.
2. I am looking at this kit : http://www.embraceracing.co...erobrakebrackets.php
3. I guess I need to get these machined. Would love to just buy them from somewhere : http://www.embraceracing.co...brackets/c5rings.PDF
4. I need my stock ebrake to work, so I am assuming I can keep all of this.

I am also trying to decide on the master cylinder. I don't care about improving the feel, so I am not sure if I need to do this or not?

I was going to just buy a kit from WCF, but I am seeing nothing but nightmares about them on here and on social media. Are they better now? A lot of the posts are very old.

Thanks everyone in advance!
IMSA GT JUN 15, 06:31 PM
I think the main issue with WCF is their lead time on items. Some people can get their items very fast but others have waited months.
olejoedad JUN 20, 04:56 PM
What year is your Fiero?
pmbrunelle JUN 20, 06:27 PM
Whatever you're planning on doing, you should expect to have similar sized calipers/rotors front and rear.

Anything that only makes the front bigger, or takes the entire braking system from a front engined-car (bigger front brakes), is most likely going to increase stopping distance in a Fiero. The Fiero has a lot of weight in the back; it needs brakes to match.

A setup that uses 88 Fiero calipers all around is an obvious solution.

In general, having a good modified brake system with a parking brake needs some thinking to implement.