gotten some more road time including high speed freeway action, narrow windy roads with elavation changes & even a few crowded rush hour trips.

given the many poor quality roads in NJ and even worse drivers, I've now had ample situations that required sudden & heavy braking:

I'm extremely pleased with the performance, if not a little impressed!

pedal is very tractable and the level of stopping power easy to modulate.

an absurdly fast yellow light with a local officer sitting at the intersection resulted in a 50-0 (very!) short distance stop - only had to use what felt like 1/2 the pedal stroke to rein it in with total control.


from a purely safety perspective I agree 100%

Sounds like a good swap , but the problem here is getting the parts.I can get the rotors , pads and calipers no problem.But the caliper brackets and dust shields won't be easy.Not a lot of isuzus show up at the wreckers , and the ones that do are usualy first gen troopers with the 4 cylinder that the engine is toast so they crush them.

Also its too bad that the rear can't be upgraded also.That would improve overall performance even more with all 4 brakes being beefed up.

more feedback:

I just completed a 2500 mile drive. Trooper had a full cargo box on the roof, and with the back seat up the rear was loaded with stuff - pretty heavy stuff including a transaxle, transfer case, differential, air compressor, tools, boxes of parts, etc.

steep grades, rush hours in a few cities, and of course lots of 18 wheelers jockeying for position- the brakes really were able to keep things in control with all the extra heft.

among the roads covered was the 260-277-Beeline route that drops down the Mogollon rim, lots of 6* grades with very sharp curves and plenty of disturbing skid marks, mangled guardrails and car-b-que spots on the pavement. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

not once did i feel like i didn't have enough stopping power with all that weight.

all in all I'm really glad i did this, minimized the pucker factor for sure.

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Nice upgrade! However, I'm still working on trying to go faster than stopping faster... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

The answer to that is right there in his update post..



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Nice upgrade. Some of the heep drivers scare me, put 36-38" tires on with stock brakes <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

Will the swap work with the 15" snowflake rims? Since adding the 35s I could definetely use a brake upgrade.

yes, I'm running those rims with 33's

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Project Time!!

+1


Jim

HOLLA!!!!!!!!!!11

let me know when you want me to measure motor mounts, engine dimensions, etc. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />