Chevy Brakes

Though most people are only concerned about every little tip to make their Chevy go faster, eventually you do have to stop… right? We’ll go into detail on topics including disc brake kits, technical differences between drum brakes and disc brakes, considerations on brake pads and more.

Chevrolet Brakes

	Wilwood C5 Big Brake Kit - Brake Check! Most people associate performance with horsepower and torque, but it’s hard to stop a fast car once you overcome the vehicle’s factory... more


	Brake System Maintenance - Flushed Out - CHP Step By Step Daily drivers, weekend warriors, or even full-race trim vehicles require regular system and component maintenance to ensure reliability and... more


	Project F73 Chevrolet Camaro Moser Rearend And Baer 6P Install - Fortified Gets A Complete Moser Rearend With Baer 6P Brakes more


	Chevy Nova Rear Big-Brake and Shocks Upgrade - Heavy Machinery, Part II Nova Rear Big-Brake Kit & Adjustable Shock Upgrades From CPP more


	How Brake Systems Work - CHP How It Works Industry Brake Experts Explain Rotor Design, Mega Piston Calipers, Pad Compounds, And Brake Alloys more


	Stainless Steel Brake Lines Upgrades On Our Chevy El Camino - Hard Lines - CHP Step By Step It's typical for these aging cars to have components that are either barely functioning or practically turning to dust. Case in point, the... more


	1964 Chevy Chevelle Front Disc Brake Conversion - Braking Effects For those who want to stop in a shorter distance in your Chevy muscle check out our 1964 Chevy Chevelle project car that gets a front disc... more


	Booster & Master Cylinder Brake System Upgrade - Power To The Floor - CHP Step By Step We take our 1964 Chevy Nova wagon back to the shop and upgrade the stock brake booster with a new Pirate Jack's booster and master cylinder... more


	1964 Chevy Nova Front Brake Rotor Conversion - Drummin' Away Check out this 1964 Chevy Nova front brake rotor conversion as we show you step by step how to handle it! more


	Classic Performance Products Suspension, Brakes And Steering System Tips - CHP Insider Get some tips from Jim Ries of Classic Performance Products on getting the most out of your suspension, brakes and steering systems. more


	1984 Chevy Camaro Z28 Big Brake Kits - Short Stoppin' Z Check out how to upgrade your muscle car with a big brake kit upgrade on a 1984 Chevy Camaro Z28 with Power Slot rotors and new brake line... more


	1966 El Camino Brakes - Brakes In a Box Upgrade your El Camino stock brakes with 11-inch power disc brakes without breaking your wallet. more


	1969 Chevy Nova - Lock It Up Achieving Better Burnouts-And Launches-With A TCI Roll Stop more


	Showstopper Adding a Master Power Disc Brake Kit more


	Chevy Silverado 1500 - Jake Brake More Braking Torque & 14-inch Discs For The Silverado more


	Drum & Disc Brake Tech - Whoa, Whoa, Whoa! Brake Basics more

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	Edelbrock Edelbrock is excited to announce the return of the "Big Carb Deal" consumer carburetor promotion. ... more
	Stainless Works Stainless Works is pleased to announce their sponsorship of the 2012 NMCA Drag Radial Class.... more
	NMCA WEST ProCharger, one of the leading manufacturers of race and street superchargers, has joined the... more
	Grand National Roadster Show On Jan. 27-29, 2012 at the Fairplex in Pomona, over 500 show vehicles and motorcycles will... more
	2012 Ground Up Manufacturers Expo Ground Up will host a manufacturers expo this winter complete with a small indoor car show with... more

	g-body suspension and brakes I am currently racing a 1981 Malibu in Chumpcar events across the Southeast on road courses from... more
	Alum. Heads Ok, so while in the process of window shopping for parts, I come across a sett of eddy e-street... more
	1990 chevy suburban engine swap problems i am biulding a hunting rig and the old gm 350 gave it up. i took it out and had a 350 vortec built... more
	cylinder head question wanting to know if a new set of heads would be worth the money or not. I currently have sbc 383... more
	Newbie Cylinder Head Question... I have a set of 1971 487X casting heads... These heads have screw-in studs, double valve springs,... more