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disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? #636501 03/11/10 03:37 AM 03/11/10 03:37 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 77 Germany rubberduck OP member
rubberduck OP member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 77 Germany	I want to swap my stock type drum brakes in the front of my �66 Belvedere. What is a good conversion kit for street use? Someone told me the Wilwoold 4-piston calipers are crappy. Is that true? What about all those other manufacturers like SSB, Bear and so on? Any suggestion is welcome. Mario

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: rubberduck] #636502 03/11/10 12:00 PM 03/11/10 12:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,036 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,036 Oregon	For street use with 15 inch wheels you can't beat the factory 11.75 setup. If you want better brakes than that then you'll need to go to a larger wheel. If you want lighter brakes than the factory 11.75 then there are some options to explore with aluminum calipers. For drag racing you can go really lightweight.

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: rubberduck] #636503 03/11/10 02:18 PM 03/11/10 02:18 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 989 WI, USA 6 67dodge67 mopar addict
67dodge67 mopar addict 6 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 989 WI, USA	Quote: I want to swap my stock type drum brakes in the front of my �66 Belvedere. What is a good conversion kit for street use? Someone told me the Wilwoold 4-piston calipers are crappy. Is that true? What about all those other manufacturers like SSB, Bear and so on? Any suggestion is welcome. Mario Contact Dr. Diff on here. Do a search, you'll find him. I went thru him for my 67 Coronet front disk kit. Excellent service and a great guy to get advice from. I'm planning to do business with him again fairly soon.

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: rubberduck] #636504 03/12/10 01:21 AM 03/12/10 01:21 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA Kern Dog Striving for excellence
Kern Dog Striving for excellence Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 18,493 Granite Bay CA	A friend did a conversion that turned out well. He used the stock knuckle like yours and with adapters from AR Engineering and stock 11.75 rotors, he fitted 1st gen VIPER aluminum calipers.

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: Kern Dog] #636505 03/12/10 01:38 AM 03/12/10 01:38 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Speedway Motors has everything from the spindles to the rotors, dust shields!, calipers, EVERYTHING Mopar sourced for $519.00. Didn't think it sounded too bad since it includes everything.

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? #636506 03/12/10 03:20 AM 03/12/10 03:20 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 77 Germany rubberduck OP member
rubberduck OP member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 77 Germany	Thank you very much for the support. It seems the best thing to do is to use the stock disc brake system. Mario

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: Kern Dog] #636507 03/12/10 02:04 PM 03/12/10 02:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,036 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,036 Oregon	Quote: A friend did a conversion that turned out well. He used the stock knuckle like yours and with adapters from AR Engineering and stock 11.75 rotors, he fitted 1st gen VIPER aluminum calipers. That kit is really popular. AR011 is the part number and Mancini Racing usually has them in stock. 5860519-AR011.jpg (64 downloads)

Re: disck brake conversion - what would you suggest? [Re: rubberduck] #636508 03/12/10 02:21 PM 03/12/10 02:21 PM
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Hemiruss mopar Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 579 Ft.Myers,Florida	I know I'm going to get crap for this but I just installed a "Right Stuff" rear disc kit from Jegs on the rears of a 55 chevy for $299.99 for a customer of mine.It really was a nice kit,tech support,and directions were great.It had all the parts needed and was well put together....

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