Brakes

A few things need to be addressed when trying to upgrade brakes on a Citation, mainly there is no aftermarket support. Along with brakes, I looked at the need for larger axles because there is going to be a lot of power produced by the V-8 and all it's mods. I decided to upgrade the brakes & axles to the "JA2" units produced on selected GM A body cars, these are heavy duty compared to stock X-11 parts. I got a setup off a Pontiac 6000 STE, which are basically bolt-in with the exception of fabricating a rear panhard bar mount & requires the use of larger spindle hubs & axles. The cool factor for this swap is that it's a 4-wheel disc brake setup - much nicer than have drum brakes in the rear. This is really a positive on all aspects of performance, maybe not so much in terms of time & cost. I gave the new rear axle & front spindles "the treatment" before installing them, which was basically sand blast & paint before all new hardware & wheel hubs were put on. I used the G2 Epoxy caliper paint on all four calipers to continue my blackout theme below the body line. Lastly, I sprung for stainless steel brake lines and Cross Drilled, Slotted & Zinc coated performance rotors for all for corners.

Stock Axle out

Fresh from the sand blasters

Rust primer

Top Coat

New Wheel hubs

New Axle going in

While I was at it, I coated the rear springs

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