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Charlie Laraia · 03-12-2014, 10:02 AM

I am embarrased to say that I have spent the better part of 6 years trying to sort out brake problems on my 3rd Gen Camaro. I started with stock front discs, Wilwood rear discs, and a manual master cylinder from an early 90's S10 pick-up. This didnt work. I then went to Wilwood front discs and a Wilwood master cylinder. I figured since all the components were compatible, I would be all set. Wrong! I then went back to stock front discs, with the Wilwood rear discs, and a 1.032 dia. Strange master cylinder. It worked okay, but I still could not hold the car at line line at anything over 2500. The problen turned out to be pedal ratio and firewall flex. Remember that these cars never came with manual brakes, so the pedal ratio is wrong. I only had about a 4.1 ratio. I redrilled a hole on the pedal and now have about 5.5.1. I also added a simple brace to support the master cylinder, as firewall are very flimsy on these later model cars. I will try to upload a picture.

03-12-2014, 10:02 AM	#14
Charlie Laraia Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Wethersfield, Connecticut Posts: 22 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mustang 5.0 Stocker brake pressure I am embarrased to say that I have spent the better part of 6 years trying to sort out brake problems on my 3rd Gen Camaro. I started with stock front discs, Wilwood rear discs, and a manual master cylinder from an early 90's S10 pick-up. This didnt work. I then went to Wilwood front discs and a Wilwood master cylinder. I figured since all the components were compatible, I would be all set. Wrong! I then went back to stock front discs, with the Wilwood rear discs, and a 1.032 dia. Strange master cylinder. It worked okay, but I still could not hold the car at line line at anything over 2500. The problen turned out to be pedal ratio and firewall flex. Remember that these cars never came with manual brakes, so the pedal ratio is wrong. I only had about a 4.1 ratio. I redrilled a hole on the pedal and now have about 5.5.1. I also added a simple brace to support the master cylinder, as firewall are very flimsy on these later model cars. I will try to upload a picture.