I have stock Delco Morraine GM Brakes and wanted an affordable approach to causing them to be “better.” Although switching for the LS1 brakes will have better stopping power, inside my country, it is really an pricey conversion, and so i required to enjoy what originated in the factory.

I used to be studying it Brake Systems by Mike Mavrigian and Ray Carley plus it proposed a few tips about growing the stock brakes for instance:

-Making certain the stock rubber lines don’t flex

-Pad choice

-Rotor choice

-Maintenance

The Solution:

The initial factor I did so was buy slotted rotors. These don’t crack like rotors that are mix drilled. Brake rotors used to be joined drilled allowing the brake pads to outgas. It had been throughout the 50’s-70’s. As pad technologies have grown to be better, brake pads forget about outgas and holes inside the rotor simply make the rotor to compromise.

The next factor I did so was buy a good number of pads. I take advantage of HAWK HPS pads. If you’re racing, their “Blue” pads will be the SSCA show room stock racing pads. However, for just about any street vehicle, the HPS pads are extremely good and i also use them commercially autocrossing too. Lots of people do not know, nevertheless the “blue” pads will not function as the same since the HPS pads-when they both can be found in blue boxes. Contact HAWK brakes to learn more. One step to notice, if you’re really taking your automobile to some track day, HAWK bakes an HP  pad produced for autocross and track. They’re doing placed on out faster, if however you just think about the pad surface, there is a slotted groove inside the pad in the HP , versus. no groove round the normal street HPS pads. That slotted groove may be used to supply more bite for the brakes. It’s another innovative to grip the brake rotor.

To boost brake feel, I take advantage of Teflon coated braided stainless brake lines. I furthermore ensured there will be a protective coating/sleave inside the brake lines to guard the braid from dirt entering the lines using the center in the braid. The rubber lines can flex under hard braking as time passes. These stainless teflon coated brake lines should not.

The finest problem with the stock delco-morraine brakes is that they are created using guaranteed. Guaranteed does not dissipate heat additionally to modern aluminum brakes. However, throughout the 1980’s when the third gen camaro showed up in this area, they were “sufficient” whilst not ideal. I made a decision to utilize some color theory to help this out.

I colored the outer brake calipers black. My engineering friend described that you just paint guaranteed blocks black because it helps remove heat. I am unsure simply how much truth there’s with this, however i realize that lighter colors reflect light and much more dark colors absorb light. I recorded in the outer caliper following a black paint dried and colored the inside caliper yellow to help reflect heat. A lot of the heat inside the caliper will vary from inside the caliper as that’s where the pistons push the brake pads together. You wouldn’t like the calipers to around heat since it brakes lower the brake fluid as well as the rubber piston seals.

Jeffrey Connolly