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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
I didn't have any problems with the rear, it's just a bit labor intensive and requires a little machine work on the axles. For the price... A+.
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
anyone whos ever purchased a kit from me ive offered to turn there axles
griffman or steve one of the first guys to post on this thread bought his kit from me i turned his axles free of charge i offer it to anyone who wants to ship there axles to me and back. |
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Wow, you are a good dude
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I finally got the front kit installed along with the rest of the new suspension and steering parts. I was hoping to finalize the install today, but ran into a small issue with the new corvette style m/c & p/v from CPP; the m/c uses a longer pushrod than the stock m/c and it didn't come with it...kinda disappointing, but hopefully I will be able to find one next week...Any suggestions on the application?
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Did you ever find out what the deal is on this. Buying some DJM dropped spindles now and want to upgrade to bigger brakes later
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
McGaughys kits have the back of the spindle specially modified to accept a caliper adapter bracket. You could use any spindle, have it custom machined and have a custom caliper bracket made but McGaughys already has something put together.
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Welp, mine are on and moving and stopping. The pedal pressure isn't what I was hoping for, but I may have a small line leak that I couldn't find while crawling around in the dirt. I'll be taking it to a friends shop to double check everything on the lift...with a concrete floor under it
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[QUOTE=nlped;4116651]Welp, mine are on and moving and stopping. The pedal pressure isn't what I was hoping for, but I may have a small line leak that I couldn't find while crawling around in the dirt. I'll be taking it to a friends shop to double check everything on the lift...with a concrete floor under it
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hey c10seconds... what did you do for a front setup... just curious
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Danny- I would support this 100% if CPP offered a 13" kit for the rear. Your front kit is very well engineered at an affordable price. We just want a rear kit to match.
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^^^Exactly why I ended up with the stuff from McGaughy. I wanted the CPP stuff too, but couldn't get a matching rear. I bought the CPP kit at a swap meet, but ended up selling it to get the McGaughy stuff. I made good money on it
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Well, I finally went to the boneyard and picked up a spare rear end. I even lucked out and got a 12 bolt. Anywhoo, Ive got the template laid out for the corvette calipers but I need to buy a set of calipers, or even 1 side. Anywhoo, the brackets wil be simple and cheap to sell once produced, but to get the ebrake.. the parts alone will cost about 250ish
I remember seeing a baer kit on a c-10... that was retarded looking. a 12" rotor with about (guessing) 2" of usuable rotor matched up to the old lt1 style ebrake bulit in caliper. Serioulsy looked like it was using 50% of the rotor. Atleast what I am working towards is a matching kit for the rears using real rear parts so ebrake could be an option. Anyway, Once I score a set or one side of corvette calipers I will start a seperate thread. Clint
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
I found an older (within the last year or so) issue of Custom Classic Trucks yesterday in it they did an install of a CPP kit for the front and rear that used Willwood calipers, and it had a e-brake for the rear. I believe that the fronts were 6 piston, 14" rotor and the rears were 4 piston, 13" rotors. The e-brake was inside the "hat" of the rear rotor kinda like a small drum brake. It was installed on a '79 I think...I will post the issue date/number after I get home.
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
I looked into those...but not for long. The front kit is MUCHO expensive...in the neighborhood of $2k+, and the rear is only 12.19" in diameter and $650-$850 depending on options. The front price doesn't include the spindle either. One more reason why I went with this McGaughy kit. I spend less than $1200 for everything shipped to my door, and other than just machining the rear axles, it was a very straightforward install. I would certainly like to have "cooler" looking calipers, but for the money...It can't be beat!
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
didnt want to make another thread about front brakes, but dang, this is a huge brake setup for our trucks
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aggie91 I have looked hard at Wilwood as well as all the other name brands. Even Baer makes a good looking reasonable priced rear kit. Unfortunately the matching front kit gets really pricey on all of them.
The CPP kit is a real bargain compared to the other brands. If they were to make a matching 13" rear, I would go that way. Since they don't (yet), I am leaning toward the McGaughys combo.
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Anyone know a machine shop in Houston that could mill down axles, I will be searching yellow pages here shortly, but word of mouth is better IMO.
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Re: Mcgaughys Big Brake Kit
Those are the 16" brakes that KP (Chris Alston's Chassisworks) offers... can you say $4Gs for front only. We will be doing a build starting in a month or so that's getting these bad boys.
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