This is on my Lambo project Fiero chasis. I was going to order a brake seal kit but these aren't the stock brakes. Does anyone recognize what brakes these are? The pads are the same front and back. the front piston is 45 mm. the rotor is 265mm (10 3/8"). Markings inside the rotor are " BH BR 55024 BR 55535 min 7.3mm WPT - 19 - 1".
The good news is that it looks like new rotors will likely be cheaper than resurfacing these.
Those rotors are not stock 88 though right. See they are vented.
Part of what makes the '88 brakes so much better than the '84-'87 brakes is that the rotors are vented. The brakes in the picture are bone stock '88 brakes.
A big THANKS to everyone! It looks like I may have bought an 88 instead of an 86. Well, at least 1/2 of one.
Look at the front rotors? Are they vented? If the shock goes thru the coil spring it is an 88 Front end. Also, 88's had a sealed hub bearing similar to the rear hub bearing whereas 87 and down used replaceable bearings on a spindle.
I didn't notice you posted front brake pics too. Looks like your 86 is really an 88 unless the PO adapted the 88 front brakes to an earlier Fiero. It can be done, I have 88 brakes all around on my 84, the rears are on the 88 cradle and the fronts are wrapped around 85 Vette 12" rotors. The 88 front calipers are bolted to the earlier spindles with a machined aluminum bracket.
Look at the front rotors? Are they vented? If the shock goes thru the coil spring it is an 88 Front end. Also, 88's had a sealed hub bearing similar to the rear hub bearing whereas 87 and down used replaceable bearings on a spindle.
Yes, all 4 rotors are vented and the same size. The shock does go through the coil spring. I don't have shocks, but they would go there. And the hub seems to include the bearings. I assumed these were pressed in bearings like most front wheel drive cars.
Is there a VIN decoder? That would be useful. Is there a model newer than 88? Sorry, I'm not really up to speed on the Fiero. This is all that I have of it.
Don't you have the title to the chassis? What year is on the title? Does the VIN match the car VIN? It IS possible the front end was swapped also but thet's WAY more work than swapping the rear cradle. It's not a bolt on swap. If you have a pic of the strut towers from the top of the car you can tell for sure if it's an 88 or not.
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You definitely have 1988 brakes and suspension, front and rear. The chassis appears to have been heavily modified, so it may be hard to tell. If the VIN plate is still on it, you can get the model year from the VIN number.
If it's an 88 (which it almost has to be looking at the brakes and suspension) the 10th character in the VIN would be a J. You can still see the VIN tag on the frame in front of the steering wheel in the pic above.
Guy is building one just like that use to post on Lamboclone , he also has 2 lp640 replicas ..His name is Batbuilder he has a build thread that has a few pics of his rides... The rumbler he has is sweet , he should still have pics of them up. ------------------
87 GT series 1 3800sc (7.597 @88.53 1.579 60ft) (series II swap in progress) 85GT Northstar/ 4t80e 86GT 3800 n/a My Build
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