Baer brakes questions

[bhemi]

I purchased a set of Baer 13" Pro+ front brakes for my 1974 SSP. They're brand new, never installed but about 5 years old. Two questions : 1) Will the Year one 17" inch Rallye wheels fit 2) What size rear disc is appropriate?

 

[493 Mike]

Did you call Baer to ask?
Mike

 

[HEMIB]

I Used Baer 6 piston on the front Wilwood on the rear due to Wilwood having a much better mechanism steel versus Aluminium on the Baer ,2 piece brake shoes on the Wilwood versus Banksia on the Baer which i think are rubbish .
Had to use 18" with the large rotors

 

[Brutalowner]

I purchased a set of Baer 13" Pro+ front brakes for my 1974 SSP. They're brand new, never installed but about 5 years old. Two questions : 1) Will the Year one 17" inch Rallye wheels fit 2) What size rear disc is appropriate?

We installed 14" Baer brakes on a B body. IIRC Baer has a template/diagram in the footnotes of the page you select from on their website, that will help with wheel fitment.
Your 17" wheels should clear the diameter of the 13" brakes. However, the face of the wheel mounting surface and wheel side or profile of the caliper vs. the inside profile of the wheel, is the gotcha part you have to really check. I tried to get you a link, but Baer only shows back to 1973 now....

 

[Darter6]

Baer brakes on this 72 with 17'' front and 18'' rear wheels. This was 20+ years ago so I don't remember much else.

 

[T2R9]

Baer brakes on this 72 with 17'' front and 18'' rear wheels. This was 20+ years ago so I don't remember much else.

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That car is bad ***!

 

[bhemi]

Did you call Baer to ask?
Mike

I actually did call Baer and had a less than satisfactory response. The guy said just put 13" on the back. He couldn't even give me a part number for a compatible kit. I have to keep remembering these cars are getting pretty old and young guys often don't understand.

 

[71Beeper]

That car is bad ***!

I wonder if it's still around....

 

[Darter6]

I wonder if it's still around....

It traded hands several times since we put it together back in 2002-2003.

 

[pro451bee]

I would use the 113/4 rear brakes from DR diff. I personally don't like the the tiny in-board drum park brake system. Very little leverage on that little guy. The Cobra style calipers work great on my stick shift Bee. Also Dr diff has nice conversion park brake cables that finish it off. Yes 13" rotors should fit 17" wheels. I'm running 17x9 all around at this time

 

[bhemi]

Thanks!

 

[71Beeper]

Darter6 - you helped work on it? That's awesome.
Give us details on it.
Do you have any pics of it during the build?

 

[Darter6]

Long story short Yes. I did several cars with Pure Vision Designs. Back in it's start up business.
I didn't do allot of hands on with this one. I hated it. I wasn't the car I had planed on doing. Steve wanted to do this body style. I already had a 65 Belvedere but got talked into the 72.
I found it in California that was abandoned at shop and had a lean on it. Steve rounded up the new parts and set up a shop for paint and body.
I mostly chased used parts such as a A body 8 3/4 rear among other things. I am a basic Hot Rodder and air paddle shifter, OD and fuel injection just wasn't me.
But I went along with it. From day one the car was a nightmare. 20+ years ago that stuff was just starting out or was non existent. Getting a title was a problem that took awhile. The fuel injection set up was designed for a sprint car so it worked best at Idle or Full Throttle and wasn't street friendly. The F.A.S.T. injection electronics didn't work and even when they sent a tech out it took him 3 days to get it to run. There were other things that just weren't tested and the car turned out as a mule for the products.
The cost run was way over my budget and no end was in sight.
That said, it did what Steve wanted it to do and helped his business grow. It was pretty good looking and did show work for Year One, with Mopar Performance along with other advertisements in car magazines. For me I got to do allot of travel to car events across the country.
It's history may be found on line. The best was Hemming's Muscle Machines June 2004. Great photos too.
I wish I had photos during the build. Hell back then I didn't even have a cell phone or a camera. My have times changed.

 

[Budnicks]

Long story short Yes. I did several cars with Pure Vision Designs. Back in it's start up business.
I didn't do allot of hands on with this one. I hated it. I wasn't the car I had planed on doing. Steve wanted to do this body style. I already had a 65 Belvedere but got talked into the 72.
I found it in California that was abandoned at shop and had a lean on it. Steve rounded up the new parts and set up a shop for paint and body.
I mostly chased used parts such as a A body 8 3/4 rear among other things. I am a basic Hot Rodder and air paddle shifter, OD and fuel injection just wasn't me.
But I went along with it. From day one the car was a nightmare. 20+ years ago that stuff was just starting out or was non existent. Getting a title was a problem that took awhile. The fuel injection set up was designed for a sprint car so it worked best at Idle or Full Throttle and wasn't street friendly. The F.A.S.T. injection electronics didn't work and even when they sent a tech out it took him 3 days to get it to run. There were other things that just weren't tested and the car turned out as a mule for the products.
The cost run was way over my budget and no end was in sight.
That said, it did what Steve wanted it to do and helped his business grow. It was pretty good looking and did show work for Year One, with Mopar Performance along with other advertisements in car magazines. For me I got to do allot of travel to car events across the country.
It's history may be found on line. The best was Hemming's Muscle Machines June 2004. Great photos too.
I wish I had photos during the build. Hell back then I didn't even have a cell phone or a camera. My have times changed.

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Great looking car...
I was gonna' say it looks like the 'Year One' advertisement car...

Thanks for the inside info too...

sorry
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