Shelby Brakes don't feel too good

[Shadona]

I have a 90 Shelby Daytona. It has all new brakes front and back, this includes rotors, pads, calipers. The rear brakes don't seem to be braking as much as they should.

The brake feel pretty crapy compared to my 90 Honda Civic Hatch snd it doesn't even have 4 wheel disc.

I bleed the brakes twice and they feel the same.

I'm thinking it could be the master or the booster?

Also, the E-brake feels tight but doesn't keep the car from stopping. It's ok on flat, but won't keep the car stopped on a hill. This is with the e-brake cranked real tight. What other adjustements could I make?

[BLUEBALL]

Calipers on correct sides and mounted correctly? Makes complete bleeding impossible. Do the brakes feel worse than before you started? Some master cylinder funk may have come loose after pushing the brakes down farther than they usually go when you bled. It can make seals bypass pressure.

[92lebaronGTC]

My lebaron seems the same, the rear brakes don't feel like they're doing anything but i've had them checked over and they seem fine, maybe their just weak, I want 4 wheel disc soon anyways.

[Jckrieger]

I wouldn't worry about not having enough rear brake bias, as it's pretty typical for the G bodies. I could never tell if my rear brakes worked at all on my 89 daytona shelby, and that was with the rear vented disc brakes. The only turbo dodges I've driven with a lot of rear brake bias is my 87 CSX, as it'll spin the back end around if I tap the brakes around a corner

[Reaper1]

I'd say to upgrade to SS-brake lines. This makes a nice difference in brake pedal feel.

As far as not having enough rear bias...you might want to look into changing the proportioning valve to one from a disc/drum car. I did the conversion on mine and didn't change the prop-valve...it works beautiful and I really can't complain about not having enough rear bias.

The only other thing I can think is what kind of pads did you get? Those ones you get at parts stores are not up to par IMHO. I HATE parts store brake pads. Go with something like Porterfeild Racing or EBC...you may find you have a lot more brake than you thought you did. The thing I CAN assure you of is that 11" vented rear rotors for these cars is WAY more than enough...even at over 150mph. Remember that over 70% of your braking is done with the fronts anyways.

As far as the e-brake, they are set-up just like drum brakes. They may need to be adjusted, or need new shoes.

[scott_s]

I had issues with my ebrake. I adjust it under the car so that at 2 click the car is stopped pretty soild. To stop it from going backwards I had to adjust e-brake shoe spreader thingy to the top of the shoes were spread a part farther.