The great brake upgrade: 86GT to 95+ ...

[AaronATX]

Met up with a corraller last night and bought some parts from him to upgrade the brakes on my 86 GT. Gunna lay out what parts I have and would like some input from folks who have done this already. Yes I have done a good bit of reading on the net already to as what all I need but asking for a 5th opinion never hurts before buying stuff.

Anyway I have:

2 front rotors from a 95GT
2 front calipers from the same 95GT w/ the short little rubber brake lines coming off the caliper, and the connector that is next w/ the rest of the brake line cut off
2 dust shields ( going in the garbage )

2 rear rotors off a 98 GT
2 rear calipers off a 98 GT
2 rear caliper brackets

I have none of the attaching bolts etc.

What I think I need:
2 sn95 axles ( I plan on buying OEM newer bullet style rims, the ones they put on 02-03 GT's )
2 spindles ( sn95 I guess? probably 1995ish )
Some sort of ebrake crap
adjustable proportioning vavle
front wheel bearings


Questions yet to be answered:
master cylander.... ?
connecting the calipers to the existing brake lines ( I always sucked at that )
Do I need new front struts when I do the conversion, as dont the struts bolt to the spindles and the 86ers are different....unless im loosing my mind, I havent looked at any of this yet.


Questions, comments, anything?

Thanks!

[Mumfts85gt]

Check out this thread. http://www.foureyedpride.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11142&highlight=5lug All of the links in it are very good.

[MA84LX]

Yea you will need a set of spindles and hubs for the front. Don't need wheel bearings for the front since they a seal hubs. You can get the spindle and hubs from a 6cyl or V-8.


I am in the process of putting the PBR set-up from a 2000 on my car now. What I did was replace the ball joints with a set for SN-95 car, that way I won't have to use spacers.

Check out this site,, allot of good info.. http://www.svo73mm.cjb.net/