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Old 03-03-2020 | 05:35 AM
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lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
Do the brackets by Flynbye allow use of the parking brake?
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Old 03-03-2020 | 11:13 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
The parking brake provisions are on the calipers/backing plates, not the brackets
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Old 03-04-2020 | 05:18 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
Anybody have a source for lt1 rear backing plates?
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Old 03-04-2020 | 10:37 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
Junkyard LT1 fbodies.
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Old 03-07-2020 | 04:50 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
What about ls1 backing plates? Are they available?
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Old 03-07-2020 | 09:14 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
You mean, like, in the junkyard? Should be right next to the LT1 4th gens. We tend to use V8 designations, but any 4th gen of the same year, with rear discs ,would have the same brakes, V8 or V6.
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Old 03-08-2020 | 05:58 AM
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Can you get them new anywhere?
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Old 03-08-2020 | 08:49 AM
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They’re plentiful on eBay. Just search “ls1 backing plate”
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Old 03-08-2020 | 11:07 AM
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Will they bolt on my 87 drum brake rear?
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Old 03-08-2020 | 12:11 PM
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Factory disc brackets are not a direct bolt on to a drum brake rear
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
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Will they bolt on my 87 drum brake rear?
https://www.thirdgen.org/ls1reardisc/
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Old 03-09-2020 | 04:35 AM
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Re: lt1/ls1 rear brake upgrade
Thanks, anybody that has done this offer up anymore tips?
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