SS RRR

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Yep. Me too, and was running around 11" of vacuum and still had great stopping power. Completely unnecessary to do the rears, IMO.

transbird95

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Thank you for mentioning this. I was getting all exited about doing this now but she is on skinnies full time now.

Catmaigne

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I had to upgrade to LS1 rears because you cannot run stock brakes on a Moser rear with tapered wheel bearings.

93M6Formula

Like I said, it works just fine. I personally witnessed my current prostars on an LS car, they will work. I run a 5/16" spacer to clear my stock brakes however, same thing on my buddies LS car. LS cars have been running 15" skinnies for years.

SS RRR

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I actually like the offset of spacers in the front with the wheels at a wider stance. Makes it look meaner, IMO.

transbird95

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Hell yea, didnt see your post thanks!

93M6Formula

I agree, it does look real good.

sweetbmxrider

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What weighed less?

StealthFormula

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I'm at work right now but when I get home I will see if I can find my notes with specific weights.

What I do know off hand is that the LS1 calipers are made from aluminum while the LT1 calipers are made from steel. If you pick them both up you can feel a noticible weight difference. The LS1 spindles have a little less material on them than the LT1 spindles do so there's a slight difference there.

hokeplaya05

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nice write up! i have everything to do this swap except warm weather... cant wait to get this done!

MEAN LT1

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The car looks good man.

ramair96ws6

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Nice write up!

moehorsepower

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Check your local junkyards, at one time I was picking up both front spindles, rotors, calipers the whole thing for $100 a pop, just bolted them on then I think I had to get an alignment.

94FBIRD

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Change all the fluid while you're in there. Oh yeah, and Hawks pads have been great on mine.

sweetbmxrider

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Cool thanks. I figured the calipers were the most of it, just curious on the comparisons.

StealthFormula

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Some weight measurements for anyone curious:

Stock LT1 Rotor = 5.9 lbs
Stock LS1 Rotor = 7.9 lbs

LT1 Spindle = 14.1 lbs
LS1 Spindle = 11.3 lbs

LT1 Caliper = 12.5 lbs
LS1 Caliper = 8.1 lbs

Total weight of LT1 setup = 65.0 lbs
Total weight of LS1 setup = 54.6 lbs

Converting from LT1 front brakes to LS1 front brakes save ~5.2 lbs per side for a total savings of ~10.4 lbs. Not the #1 reason why someone would complete the conversion but a nice additional benefit. *Brake pads were not weighed because the difference is negligible.

94FBIRD

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Thanks for taking the time to weigh everything. I did the conversion a couple of years ago and didn't think to weigh the parts. But I'll take 10 pounds and better braking any day.

bufmatmuslepants

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Losing 10lbs of unsprung mass and getting better brakes for $100, can't beat it.

sweetbmxrider

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Thanks for posting the weights.

camar0corey

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I'm running a 1/4" spacer from Aerospace Components on all 4 corners, the 15" Draglites with the spacers clear everything just fine, I didn't grind anything. I did the front brake swap back in 2005? Been quite a while back.