Affordable BIG Brake Upgrades for the 1963-1987 C10

[DKN]

Since there seems to be a lot of interest for a complete 13” truck brake kit for under $1k I thought that I would share some info on it for you.

There is a new 13” brake kit shipping very soon. The projected retail price is under $1k for a complete front kit and about $1.5k for the complete front and rear kit. Yes there is a rear kit already finished and in stock. These are all new parts. We made a new drop spindle that will not require any machining. We made this spindle so that you can use what ever brand brake kit you want. CPP currently is producing a 13” kit. Wilwood is making a 13” and 14”. We will be sending sample spindles to Baer and Kore3.

We made our kit with a PBR caliper. It is similar to the PBR Corvette caliper but it is stronger, has larger pistons, uses a larger pad, 1/3 the cost, and has more wheel clearance. It is a GM OE caliper. There are about 15 million sets produced already. The total piston area in our caliper is the same as the piston area in the original HD truck caliper.

The Corvette piston areas are 57% (40mm) and 52% (38mm) of the original HD truck caliper. This much loss in piston area means the system need about 2 times more brake pressure to work like it did originally. (I realize the rotor is 8% larger.) In most cases the rear brakes end up skidding before the front brakes can offer any noticeable stopping power. This is one of the major reasons we do not use a Corvette caliper.

We have been road testing the front and rear kit for more than 60 days now. It works great. We have also track tested the kit. The stopping distance from 60mph is 1/3 less than with the same tire and wheel on a new set of heavy duty brakes.

I don’t have pictures yet, but you can read more about this in Classic Trucks magazine. There is a color picture of the brake sitting on the ground on the cover of the February 08 suspension buyers guide issue of Custom Classic Trucks.

The link will show you the car kits; the truck kit is basically the same except that it will fit a truck, not a car.
http://www.classicperform.com/NewPro...igBrakeKit.htm

I know that this is a long post, but I keep getting loads of PMs asking about this, so here you go.

Danny Nix
CPP