1974 Camaro Z28 Disc Brake Install - Stopping the POS

We ditched the Camaro's rear drums in favor of SSBC's Standard Rear Disc Brake kits. We ordered the system with front-matching Turbo Slotted rotors, and also had the calipers (cast-iron units with a single 45mm piston and built-in mechanical parking brake) powdercoated red. Though the rear install was certainly more involved that the front job, it was still pretty easy. Everything we needed was in the kit, and it bolted right on. The most difficult part was pulling the axles to remove the drum backing plates. We're also gonna have to do a little improvisation to get our parking brakes hooked up--not an unusual situation with aftermarket rear disc conversions. Outside of that, the rear installation went very smoothly.

The job took a day, with CHP Publisher Ed Zinke turning wrenches and yours truly snapping photos. In fact, the brakes themselves took less than a day--as you'll see below, we replaced most of the old Camaro's brake lines with new stainless lines from PST, and that took a chunk of time (well-spent time, mind you). It also leads us into our next POS project, which will be rebuilding both the front and rear suspension with a host of PST components. For now, however, we've got a car that we're certain will stop on a dime, and be sure that we'll be putting the POS Camaro's new brake systems to the test.