Brake System

You can't cut corners on the brake system

Some of the most extensive modifications to this car will be to the brake system.  I will use power brakes, rear discs, five lug rotors and the emergency brake will be on the drivers side.

In order to fit the brake booster, part of the frame had to be cut and relocated.

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The 3/4" tubing has been braced with a piece of tubing underneath.  In the finished car you won't even see it.   

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With the wide frame tubing at the door sill the Fiero emergency brake handle is a tight fit.  

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In order to make this work I had to fabricate brackets and modify brake cables.  After it was completed, it worked pretty well. Ebrake01.jpg (59755 bytes) Ebrake02.jpg (59068 bytes)
With this installation, you end up with one very short cable and one long one for the passenger side.  Don't worry the tie wrap holding the cable will be "upgraded".

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I had my helper check my work.  Ebrake07.jpg (63980 bytes)

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