Drums to Disc
I just installed the K-H disks on my '64 Dart with a manual master cylinder. It is certainly an improvement over stock drums. The car stops straight with hands off of the wheel and with firm pressure, I can hear the front tires are right on the edge of locking up. The later, larger disks will probably stop even better but these will be just fine for a Slant-6 driver.
I searched rockauto.com for all of my parts, using a 1970 Dart as my base. The different master cylinders are labelled drum-disk, drum-drum, manual or power so just read the descriptions and you will find it.
Instead of rebuilding my calipers, I bought remanufactured ones. Even though I had to chase the threads to clean them out, this was the way to go; it got me on the road a lot quicker as the old ones looked like they spent 5 years in a pond.
New caliper brake lines were purchased from Inline Tube. After some slight manipulation, they fit and worked just fine.
I had to bend several of my own new lines for the proportioning valve. No biggie, it's kinda fun.
Oh yeah, and you will have to buy new lower ball joints for the disk brakes, or do what I did: have a machinist open up the bolt holes to 9/16."
I just installed the K-H disks on my '64 Dart with a manual master cylinder. It is certainly an improvement over stock drums. The car stops straight with hands off of the wheel and with firm pressure, I can hear the front tires are right on the edge of locking up. The later, larger disks will probably stop even better but these will be just fine for a Slant-6 driver.
I searched rockauto.com for all of my parts, using a 1970 Dart as my base. The different master cylinders are labelled drum-disk, drum-drum, manual or power so just read the descriptions and you will find it.
Instead of rebuilding my calipers, I bought remanufactured ones. Even though I had to chase the threads to clean them out, this was the way to go; it got me on the road a lot quicker as the old ones looked like they spent 5 years in a pond.
New caliper brake lines were purchased from Inline Tube. After some slight manipulation, they fit and worked just fine.
I had to bend several of my own new lines for the proportioning valve. No biggie, it's kinda fun.
Oh yeah, and you will have to buy new lower ball joints for the disk brakes, or do what I did: have a machinist open up the bolt holes to 9/16."