1980 Cutlass project from Finland

[Pasikiainen]

Started fixing the parts...

 

[mymontess]

Looking good. Is this the setup from late '70's- early 80's F- bodies?

 

[Pasikiainen]

They are 82-88' 3gen F-body Delco Moraine rear brakes. I have heard, that there not as good as the the ones with aluminium calipers, but almost as good. These are cast iron with 1.875" bore. I think it will still make a huge upgrade out of the drum brakes.

Im not even sure are those Camaros with these brakes with 10-bolt rear end? I dont think that is going to be huge problem, because I still have to cut an drill that rear axle to get those brackets fit for the calipers.

 

[mymontess]

Definitely a major improvement over drum brakes! Another rear disc option to consider for my own car. Thanks for the info!

 

[Pasikiainen]

Axles were leaking badly, and I already had offset bearings, so I need to go with c-clip eliminators. And then my just boughted disc brakes wont fit 🙁 So I need to sell them!

 

[ssn696]

Are the axle tube ends actually damaged? Can you just replace the bearings and seals? If the axle shafts are not badly grooved, you could clean up the sealing surface with sandpaper by spinning them on an open-stock lathe...

 

[Pasikiainen]

Yup, It has seen better days :/ If I want to be sure I would need to buy new axles, or go with eliminators. So the eliminators are my choice 🙁 Hopefully I can sell those brakes!

 

[Pasikiainen]

Well those sold very quickly 🙂 I will get an update when I get those c-clip eliminators installed 🙂

 

[Pasikiainen]

Wanted to make sure that my frame doesnt flex under the pressure of coil spring setup.

Still needs painting 🙂 Dont know does that make any difference.

Dont know will I put the eliminators after all. They're almost 350 euros here 🙁 I think I will buy good used drive shafts...

 

[Pasikiainen]

Installed the brace. 🙂