Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 01:41 PM
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moparniac
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Who makes a nice no hassle unit for and A Body ... I have a 71 dart with stock front discs! also how much weight will I lose also... thx
Mopar Performance
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 01:55 PM
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Bad340fish
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I have a willwood kit on mine. A true bolt on kit that works great. My car is a 68 that had 10" drums originally.
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 02:09 PM
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Lil Herman
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https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=2#Post6021309This seems like a good choice. See the post for the brakes.
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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moparniac
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What I am wanting to do is get a good quality kit for this summer year and later summer get the rears that will match the back... I drive the street alot so not into a race only setup... (or is that overstated by the mfg)? I currently have the rear dr diff kit so ill be upgrading that also... 
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 02:25 PM
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Lil Herman
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If your brakes and ball joints are good you could almost pay for the swap. 
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 02:30 PM
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Chris2581
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I used Wilwood HD kit on the front of my Demon.Bolted on by itself.My car was also 10" drum brakes originally.
Nautilus Racing-
We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 06:28 PM
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Me too!!! I also have the Wilwoods on my 68 Dart both front and rear. The fronts bolted right on with out replacing the spindle like you used to have to do.
68 Dart 410 / 904
92 D150 original owner
21 Ram 1500 Quad Cab, Big Horn , Hemi ,4x4
23 Audi Q5
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/18/10 06:40 PM
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fishy340
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Quote:
Who makes a nice no hassle unit for and A Body ... I have a 71 dart with stock front discs! also how much weight will I lose also... thx
STRANGE.
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Re: Front disc brake kit A Body
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12/19/10 11:51 AM
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Bad340fish
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Mine is a race only kit just like my, valve body, converter, etc lol.
The biggest difference over the drum brakes is the fade or lack there of. The drum brakes were strong on a panic stop but could only pull it off once or they were to hot to function well after that. The willwoods don't fade at all and in fact seem a little stronger with some heat in them.
The only thing not street friendly about the "race" kit is the amount of brake dust. A good day of driveing and the front wheels are pretty dirty. If they didn't look so good and the caliper wasn't 1/16" away from the wheel i would run some brake dust shields and not worry about it. For now I will just wash the wheels more often.
68 Barracuda Formula S 340
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