Ke 20 Brake Upgrade

[hemi265ke20]

hey guys i just recently bought a ke20 with a 265 hemi six it is running a single circuit master cylinder was interested to find out if anyone else has upgraded brakes and could give me a few pointers on were to go from here....its a burnout/drag car but i don't think standard brakes are going to be good enough....

I'm interested to know what other peoples setups are....

[GJM85]

Can't imagine there's going to be a great deal of options without a great deal of work. Especially with that kind of weight in the front.

 

Perhaps look into a ke55 diff and 228mm rear drum set up. The front will be your trouble.

[Jono.C]

Could run ca18 s13 front brakes, which would require s13 struts and knuckles and hubs and that i think.. but be should be plenty strong enough :wink:

[hemi265ke20]

the back is fine cause its running a 9 inch with detroit locker ...

tried doing a burnout (with slicks) the front wheels just locked and skidded forward

I'm going to try and put some street tyres on and see it it makes a difference

[TheNOBBLER[RL]]

That won't be your brakes, they just can't cope with the grip in the rear. That's one reason for the burnout box at drag strips.

 

I'm pretty sure I know the far you picked up, had plenty of potential if it's the same one.

 

To give you an idea brake wise, you can bolt on a ke55-70 disk setup using the ke30-55 backing plates and the rest ke70 for the biggest cheap bolt on setup. Master cylinders in duel circuit can be used from galants and pajero's etc. There is a certain ke20 running 8second passes running ke3x brakes on the front so you should be fine running around the 13 second mark.

 

Enough rambling. Hope it helps.