| quote | Originally posted by Mike in Sydney:
Anything is possible if you have enough time and throw enough money at it. There are several brake "upgrade options" available but you do it at your own risk. The archives are full of them. Search for grand am brakes, corvette brakes, etc. in the archives and you should find them.
As far as I'm concerned, unless you are planning to race the car, the most effective upgrade is a set of newly remanufactured / rebuilt calipers, some Wagner TQ pads, and a brake booster from an S-10 pickup. The brake bias is maintained, peddle pressure is reduced and the TQ pads have good stopping ability.
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I am another proponent of keeping the stock Fiero brakes unless you are prepared to install a complete matching system and replace all components;, calipers, rotors, and master cylinder.. Keeping the parking brake is also nice. Many here will say that they just used Corvette/Grand AM calipers/rotors and all was OK but that never fit my comfort level. I can stop fine with a functioning stock system in good condition w just Wagner pads and the added S-10 booster.------------------
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