MyIntimidator
3/1/2008 1:57:18 AM
I Need Help My brakes are going out again, When i got my car It needed brake help so i took it in and fixed it for me. the Service Manager (who is a Monte Fan) ran the Vin and told me everything that my car has been in to see a dealer about. amoung which was two brake jobs now it has had three, I need to do a fourth?
Where I need help is I know I am going to upgrade to the High Performace Brakes But what should i Get Please Help
mickey
3/1/2008 7:00:22 AM
do a serch on here for the big brake convertion or the brake up grade. not sure what it is under but i know we have talked about it .
basically you take the front brakes off the car and replace them with the 12"rotor and the caliper off the F body G.M. (I.E. fire birds,camaros etc.... ) you can even do the vett but i think with the vett calipers you have to change the wheels to gain the spacing needed for it .
i belive they dont fit under the stock wheels.
Im still wanting to do this. but have yet to do so.
question.
have they cheked the line presure on your brakes at rest? I had a older monte that when you would release the brakes they would never relase compleetly.
I had to replace the soft lines on the car to get it to work correctly. but i was going threw pads like every 3 months or so.
mickey
3/1/2008 3:08:56 PM
Iknow it will work on ours. but i cant find the write up for it on a monte.
But it has been done several times to the montes also.
Pretty much the same front end as a Grand am as faras i know.
but one of the showes i was at last summer a guy had it on his. he used the vett calipers on it. said it was all bolt on also. but he also had bigger wheels under it. just dont remeber what size the wheels were.
RocknSS04
3/1/2008 5:34:54 PM
I pulled my one year old powerslot rotors and Hawk HPS pads off my '01 SS LE when I bought this Intimidator SSand switched them to the new vehicle. The brakes had over 35,000 miles on them, and they looked as new as the factory brakes with 5,000 miles! After 2 more years, and another 67,000 miles, they are almost ready for a change, but are still drivable. I have new pads sitting here, along with F-body calipers and stainless brake lines for the brake job as soon as the weather warms up a little.
I recommend getting the dual piston caliper kit from ZZPerformance, and non-drilled, but slotted rotors, such as the Powerslots, making sure they are PLATED, and lastly, Hawk HPS pads, the cleanest, longest lasting pads I've EVER owned.
04 Intimidator
3/2/2008 8:47:09 AM
mickey
3/2/2008 5:23:14 PM
i have to say the pads i have on there right now i really need to change out. They have a horrabel dust cast off. so after a week of driving my wheels look like they are black chrome instead of chrome chrome LOL
Donutboy97
3/4/2008 9:50:17 AM
04 Intimidator
3/4/2008 1:09:15 PM
04 Intimidator
3/4/2008 1:15:19 PM
Tim - few quick questions though on those rotors.
How many miles do you have on them?
How long have you had them?
How often do you go through pads?
Do you do alot of stop/go driving in the city/traffic jams?
I've heard that you really eat up pads when you have the crossdrilled and slotted rotors. I've gotten 65,000 miles on my stock setup and original pads. Car first hit the road in Nov 2005. I want to know what I would be going through with your setup and conditions.
Donutboy97
3/4/2008 1:20:18 PM
04 Intimidator
3/4/2008 1:58:10 PM
Yours are only good for 2000 - 2003 years. He has a 2004 and there is a different part number for it.
mickey
3/4/2008 5:59:23 PM
see this is why i have delt with mine they will stop you so fast that you peel the passenger off the frnt windsheild
Donutboy97
3/5/2008 9:30:47 AM
quote:
ORIGINAL: 04 Intimidator
Yours are only good for 2000 - 2003 years. He has a 2004 and there is a different part number for it.
I understand what the website says, but the Cragars you posted say they fit 2000 - 2004. Again, the braking system hasn't changed on these cars, so they should fit.
04 Intimidator
3/5/2008 1:24:28 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: Donutboy97
quote:
ORIGINAL: 04 Intimidator
Yours are only good for 2000 - 2003 years. He has a 2004 and there is a different part number for it.
I understand what the website says, but the Cragars you posted say they fit 2000 - 2004. Again, the braking system hasn't changed on these cars, so they should fit.
Actually I've read there is a bit of a change in them, but I never really researched it. I know it has something to do with clearance for the rims and calipers.
But I don't know why one would fit 2003 and not 2004 unless it is just a hair smaller or something odd like that.
