Manual front disk brake upgrade, (yes another thread)

[ga66mopar]

I used all a-body brake set up rear mounted the calipers used a dual bendix power brake booster on my 66 and it's surprising how well the car stops. Even at 80 I can hit the brakes and it nose dives down and the steering wheel stay straight.

 

[ilm65]

I've got the SSBC kit on my Satellite--everything fits perfectly and I've had NO issues--got the zinc coated discs--NO RUST when stored in winter.

What about the SSBC kits, does anyone have good or bad stories to share?

 

[theman440]

I used all a-body brake set up rear mounted the calipers used a dual bendix power brake booster on my 66 and it's surprising how well the car stops. Even at 80 I can hit the brakes and it nose dives down and the steering wheel stay straight.

X2!!

 

[72 Charger SE]

I used 75 Dart spindles, late 70's police rotors, and Wilwood calipers with the caliper mounting bracket from Mancini Racing. I used a disc brake master cylinder and proportioning valve from one of my parts cars. Seems to work okay. My pedal feels about the same as when I had the 10 inch front drums, but stops a whole lot better.

 

[rp23g7]

Donor cars to get disc brakes from -
73-76 A body
73 -74 B body
Also all the F/J/M bodies - Cordoba, Mirada, Aspen, Diplomat, Volare, 5th Avenue, Gran Fury ETC.
You've got to have some Do-It-Yerself yards in WA?

Not a whole lot of yards around anymore, they got rid of Fitz, and others, now you gotta go out far to find one, don't really got the time to do the junkyard crawl, I would rather have new stuff anyway, rather than buy parts with 100,000 miles etc on them, and need to be replaced anyway.

I went with PST, 10% discount for members, $549 for the full manual front disk kit, wish they had dropped spindles as a substitution option though.

 

[tallhair]

Any RAM MAN 11.75 inch experience out there? My Dad's 70 or 71 Fury had discs and if you stepped on that big disc-brake stamped pedal to hard it would through you through the windshield like right now. Ask me how I know that one LOL

I drover a 4 speed / manual drum RR to school every day and one day he drove my car to work to have something done on it on he way home and I drove his Fury to school. I got, I don't know, a hundred feet or so down the road and went to hit second, kind of a routine / muscle memory thing I guess and KABAM .. SOCKO ... KABOOOM that thing came to a full stop like right damn now !

Actually it had excellent brakes as long as you remembered they weren't manual 11" drums and used the pedal accordingly

 

[bigblock]

What about the SSBC kits, does anyone have good or bad stories to share?

I,ve had 2 SSBC kits and both were perfect. Will buy again if/when I have to.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I also went with the SSBC kit.My 3800+ lbs have no problem stopping from 130+ mph.

 

[440ronnie67]

It was the junk yard crawl for me, one car 76 coronet 4 door, big rotors all for 32 dollars, they were having a 1/2 off sale on parts, so it was a score for me.