Before you start doing any brake upgrades, work out what you're going to do at both ends. You want the same stud patten.
I have the stock V8 brakes in my SLR/5000 (L31).
I drove this car every day for 5 year's. (Not like a d**khead) & the car stops fine. Yes you can upgrade the brakes, just speak with a engineer because he will have to approve the brake upgrades.
Victor
Also, some people upgrade the front brakes and leave the rear standard.
An advantage of this is you can leave the rest of the car standard.
This will leave you with a different stud pattern front and rear.
One of the things you don't do is drop a gorilla on fitting HQ brakes to the front of your torana. No need to involve hoppers if you go with the HQ brakes.
OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Btw: the stock brakes are fine until you get more cash in the bank. You need to prioritise and work through the list or you'll end up dropping a tonne of dough on shit that's going to sit idle in your $150 marquee tent. IMHFO
Listen to this dude he has been there and done that
I fully agree, the stock brakes are really quiet reasonable, the fronts will easilly lock up 205 tyres...Just dont ask them to do it again and again, and if your just thinking about emergency stops, you dont need to do it multiple times.
Brocky won bathurst with stock brakes. Many times.
Cheers.
previously mentioned my great concern/fear of driving a car with only tiny fronts/drum rears.
(without having actually tested/experienced it since..um, 97 or so??)
and,
have noted soooooo many threads/comments on how upgrading to hq/or better is a big improvement.
figured doing so would be right thing to do, if not necessary.
AND,
as am often travelling through cockatoo, olinda, emerald etc on wet roads/twisty blind corners
with my daughter in the car, i didn't mind doing it AT ALL, apart from the cost excess that is)
now,
am glad to hear by multiple torana owners that with responsible calm driving it is not.
.
nows thinks,
it has ACTUALLY been tried and tested by many of you to do the work on the rest of the car,
and then judge my concerns on the brakes, which i may indeed find quite adequate.
am more than ok with that.
have enough on my plate to do, as all can imagine.
big, big cheers all:) am most thankful took time to share knowledge and experience.
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wonderfully, tomorrow..
i'm off to kooweerup to buy a carbie, battery and engine cables, starter motor and bolts.. and reclusive tory alt bracket..
to try and start the car and bring home!
(unless i get stuffed around by the parts seller again, long story,
and it's off to search again)