ballas03

hi just wanted to check on what i need to do the ls1 rear brake swap on my 1996 z28. I know i need backing plates calipers brackets and rotor. i also need the park brake shoe and rear e brake cables. my question is do i need the front e brake cable the one that goes to the handle. I found some one on craigslist selling everything but the front e brake cable and i think i don't need it anyway just want to make sure.Thanks

myltwon

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AFAIK there is little to no benefit of swapping with LS1 rears, the fronts seem to be the worthwhile effort. Nice thing is apparently even 98-02 v6 cars have the same brake setup in the front. It's also much more time consuming.

ballas03

Thanks for the info. the only reason I am doing the rear brake conversion is because I need calipers and the setup I am looking at is only 100 buck more then the lt1 calipers. I am mainly doing it for the better park brake. So do I need the front e brake cable?

shbox

I had an LS rear in my car for a little while and just hooked up the two LS brake cables to the existing yoke. No change in front cable. Seemed to work fine.

Catmaigne

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^ What he said. The cable from the handbrake itself can be retained. You just need the cables that run to each e-brake drum.

Calipers and brackets
Backing plates w/parking brake shoes installed
Rotors and pads
E-brake cables (rear driver/passenger)
E-brake cable holders (clamp around LCA mount)

You can reuse stock rubber lines.

Vicious95Z28

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Old thread I know but there is a major benefit to those that want to narrow a rear more than 2" per side. LT1 rear brakes obviously have the calipers aft of the axle, LS1 brakes are fwd the axle. In a nutshell converting to LS1 style brakes gives you more room to narrow without hitting the phb mount. In my case I want to tuck a 295/55 while using a 5.5" backspace wheel. In order to have plenty of your clearance to keep my ride height low like i prefer it, I need to narrow 3" per side. You CAN'T do that with LT1 brakes.

bufmatmuslepants

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I would ask that in the drag racing section, way more of those guys have narrowed rears.

Vicious95Z28

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Not sure who you're talking to, I wasn't asking a question, I was adding some information to the thread.

95sscamaro

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i just ordered the LS1 calipers and rotors ill let you know how it goes when i get the rear in the car, im not gonna run a ebrake tho...

SS RRR

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Not sure of your parking situation, but it's a whole lot less work and far cheaper to use a quality rear brake pad.

Vicious95Z28

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That thought had crossed my mind as well. I do use my e brake though.