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Strange front brake dilema
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10/14/12 07:56 PM
10/14/12 07:56 PM
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Manchester , Md.
67446DART
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Hi All,
I just got a cap front end installed on my 67 dart street/race car....car weights 3120lbs without driver...it is the coilover and rack and pinion set up.I also changed the 73 and up disc brakes for a set of strange drag race brakes part # B-4160wc the car has the mopar performance aluminium master cylinder and a willwood adjustable proportioning valve the rear brakes are 10" stock drums.The problem I am having is on even the shortest trips the rotors get hot and they get glazed hot spots on them and the pads get real smooth from this...I feel the steering wheel vibrate pretty bad!! I had the rotors turned,new pads from strange and the proportioning valve turned all the way down.It still is doing this If i hadn't already sold the stock stuff I would just give up on the race brakes!! I taked to strange and they said the car is to heavy for this brake set up,and they only sell 1 type of pads for these calipers.
Last edited by 67446DART; 10/14/12 07:59 PM.
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: 67446DART]
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10/14/12 08:07 PM
10/14/12 08:07 PM
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Do the rotors spin freely before you drive.... is the prop valve on the front brakes... open it all the way 
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: jamesc]
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10/14/12 08:29 PM
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i realize this is of no help but that is a race brake setup and imho should not be used on any street driven car. i have the same setup for my dart which i hope comes in at #3000 or less and will be strip only. i'm surprised that they didn't say anything about street use when you called them.
I guarantee they said its race only.... I have the
Strange struts with the same brakes on my Rampage
and they said it many times but I'm running them
on the street but in a much lighter car
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: MPerry]
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10/14/12 08:38 PM
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i drove the car to a car show maybe a total of 8 miles never really got on it and didnt use the brakes hard at all.These brakes were on a project car I bought i put the brakes on my car and sold the car they came off of.Strange did say they are not for street use.What brake set up do you guys recomend?preffer them to be lighter than stock....i need to get this fixed....honsestly im affraid to drive it like this!
67 Dart GT 10.5,mild,446,727,906heads,minitubbed,leafs,caltracks,410's,3290#w/out driver,10:87
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: 67446DART]
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10/14/12 08:46 PM
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With the front end up do they spin freely... next, hit the pedal and see how long it takes to spin them again... open the prop up so the fluid can return
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: moparniac]
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10/15/12 06:26 AM
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Hi All,
car weights 3120lbs without driver...
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i realize this is of no help but that is a race brake setup and imho should not be used on any street driven car.
my car is 3400 with driver (I am 250)and they work fine for me! I posted this question a while back on the bullet and Larry Larson even replied and Jeff Lutz ran the strange brakes up front also (yes the thinner strange ones)If them 2 guys don't have issues with their 200mph street cars and "race only brakes"... something else is wrong with your setup 
go to 2:00 in the video. brakes look familiar. lutz is 3600lbs in that car also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7xOOOh89a8
I agree. I realize that repeated braking on the street is not the same as stopping once on the track, but If it is doing this at lower speeds just imagine how it will be at race speeds.I run this set up on my Dart Sport with no issues on the street or track. Sounds like something is not right. Too tight wheel bearings, calipers not releasing, etc.
Randy
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: TheBlackCar]
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10/15/12 01:38 PM
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The proportioning valve should be spliced into the rear brakes only, but with your setup I wouldn't even use one. Make sure the calipers aren't hanging up or the hoses coming apart on the inside. I wouldn't run a residual valve if the master cylinder is in the stock location. Also make sure you have some brake pedal pushrod to master cylinder free play. If it's too tight it will just keep pumping the brakes up.
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: Guitar Jones]
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10/15/12 02:36 PM
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I had a simmular problem with a customers car that he wanted the race brakes on front with rear drums. Went through several sets of pads and some rotters in a short period. Took the rear drums off and put disc in back a problem was gone. The rear drums are not as effective as the front disc so you really load the brakes to stop putting a ton of heat in the fronts.
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: Guitar Jones]
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10/15/12 05:08 PM
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The proportioning valve should be spliced into the rear brakes only,
I totally disagree with this... its there to SLOW the
fluid to the front brakes to keep the front tires
from skidding on a spike
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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10/15/12 06:14 PM
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Hey Raf we usually put them to the rear because when braking hard and the car nose dives the rears will lock up so you have to control that. allot of Chrysler m/c have a 70/30 f/r built in them already. If it is a big tire car we don't even use one.
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: JAKE68]
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10/15/12 06:16 PM
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I have strange front and rear just straight hard lined in all around.
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: JAKE68]
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10/15/12 06:17 PM
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MP master cylinders were roughly 70/30 front to rear. Your putting the majority of fluid to the aftermarket front disc (better) brakes, which end up being the only thing stopping the car (ie reason for heat). Been thru this one a few times Good Luck
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Re: Strange front brake dilema
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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10/15/12 06:19 PM
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The proportioning valve should be spliced into the rear brakes only,
I totally disagree with this... its there to SLOW the
fluid to the front brakes to keep the front tires
from skidding on a spike
Although I respect your opinions, and you are indeed knowledgable if you read the DC manual it will tell you it reduces pressure to the rear brakes to prevent the rear from locking up first. That would create an uncontrollable vehicle. All proportioning valves reduce pressure to the rear brakes. If you don't believe me make a call to Strange or Mark Williams.
The exception to this is heavy trucks like semi tractors, they apply more force to the rear brakes because of the load they carry. That is what makes a bobtail tractor or an empty trailer more difficult to drive.
As I said earlier and has been stated above the rear drums are not as effective as the discs. The MP master cylinders already reduce pressure to the rear brakes so in this case I wouldn't even use one. The ports on the master cylinder are marked F and R for front and rear.
"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
'92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion.
'74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost coming soon!
2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
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