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Nov 16, 2006 | 07:31 PM

chameleongreen97ta

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ls1 brake conversion

if i want to change my front brakes to ls1 front brakes what do i need do i just need the rotor and the calipers or some more stuff

Nov 16, 2006 | 07:46 PM

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you have to change the spindles on both sides to ls1 spindles and then you need the rotors and calipers

Nov 16, 2006 | 08:52 PM

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The Brake Lines bolt directly in, just have to modify the way they bend a little bit..

Nov 16, 2006 | 09:21 PM

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did it on my car, you just need everything between the balljoints. Piece of cake

Nov 16, 2006 | 09:55 PM

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i work at a parts store and they list different master cylinders between lt1 and ls1 cars will putting ls1 brakes on an lt1 car with the different master cylinder and i assume different rear brakes affect the proportioning of the brakes system

guys who have done the conversion please chime in

Nov 16, 2006 | 10:17 PM

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i just put the brake setups on..nothing else..been workin fine for over a year.

Nov 16, 2006 | 11:16 PM

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I just went with a stock master bc they changed the fiitings from 97< to 98>. It stops pretty good.

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Nov 17, 2006 | 06:02 PM

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Yea, just swap the Spindles and you are good. I never had a problem..

Nov 17, 2006 | 06:05 PM

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If you have the resources you can get the stock spindle cut, but I think its less a pain in the *** to change the spindles. I did it and I am happy! Went with Baer decelarotors for ls1 cars for the rotors, cause the setup I bought didn't include rotors.

Nov 17, 2006 | 07:14 PM

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I did it too. Bought everything between the ball joints. ~150 miles so far. Feels good, even with my 3900 lb sled.

Only problem I've had was a weird one. My battery was 99% dead, so I could barely start my car. I got frequent ABS INOP lights with this. Scanned it with a Snap On 2500, came back with ABS/Shorted codes on the front sensors. Stuck a new battery in the car, everything's fine. I left the dome light on for a couple days (ran the new battery down, oops). ABS code came back. Charged the battery back up, no more ABS INOP light. Have put more miles on, no problem. Like I said, weird. Only happened when the battery was almost dead.