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How much speed will disc/drum brakes work for? #908174
01/18/11 03:22 PM
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I am making some changes to the Dart and trying to figure out how many additional upgrades are required. I plan to end up around 10.0 et. I am currently running discs up front and 10" drum on rear. I am looking if anyone has done this set up with success. I know the preference will be to go to all discs but I am trying to prioritze what has to be done. Thanks for any help!

Re: How much speed will disc/drum brakes work for? [Re: MOPARCRAZY] #908175
01/18/11 03:27 PM
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Aerospace street/strip discs up front w/ factory drums on the rear. Running mid 9s at 3800# w/ no problems.


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Re: How much speed will disc/drum brakes work for? [Re: MOPARCRAZY] #908176
01/18/11 03:31 PM
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I ran disc front / 11" drum rear on mine up to 145 mph. Then I put the Mark Williams discs on the back. The drums worked OK with decent length shut downs. Short tracks, not so good. Had a few moments.

Re: How much speed will disc/drum brakes work for? [Re: an8sec70cuda] #908177
01/18/11 03:38 PM
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Thanks for the info. Your set up is very close to mine to that is very useful info. Gotta love Moparts!

Re: How much speed will disc/drum brakes work for? [Re: MOPARCRAZY] #908178
01/18/11 03:52 PM
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I had factory disc brakes on the front and 11" C body brakes on the rear for quite a few years untill I started running low ten's/high nines, started getting black heat spot's on the disc's and started to rumble pretty bad toward the end (heat warpage)so I decided to bite the bullet and spring for a new set of Strange disc's and 4 piston caliper's for this winters upgrade,,,if you run the factory stuff just keep a constant eye on them.


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