12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build
I finally decided to get my brake upgrade done. I was previously using the stock style proportioning valve that came on the Dodge Magnum my front discs came from. It worked fine with the rear disc brakes. The car would stop really well, but honestly couldn't lock the brakes up. I decided to ditch the stock style proportioning valve and go with an adjustable valve. That meant I had to make some new brake lines. Of course, the hardest two fittings to access had leaks after letting them sit overnight. It took a couple hours and some bruised forearms to get them to stop leaking.
I had a hard time deciding what color to paint the calipers, but finally decided on silver with red lettering. I think they came out fairly decent. These calipers were black with the viper logo on them. I bead blasted them down to clean aluminum in preparation for the Cerakote paint. Amazon had some cheap Brembo vinyl I used for masking purposes.
Instead of using my hand pump to bleed the brakes, I removed the hand pump and connected it to a vacuum pump (the type used to vacuum AC systems). It worked great. I highly recommend doing this if you have lots of air to get out of your lines, and of course if you have those tools available.
The pedal has a very good feel to it. I'm ready for a test drive, but it's been raining pretty much every day for the last month here and there's no end in sight.
I finally decided to get my brake upgrade done. I was previously using the stock style proportioning valve that came on the Dodge Magnum my front discs came from. It worked fine with the rear disc brakes. The car would stop really well, but honestly couldn't lock the brakes up. I decided to ditch the stock style proportioning valve and go with an adjustable valve. That meant I had to make some new brake lines. Of course, the hardest two fittings to access had leaks after letting them sit overnight. It took a couple hours and some bruised forearms to get them to stop leaking.
I had a hard time deciding what color to paint the calipers, but finally decided on silver with red lettering. I think they came out fairly decent. These calipers were black with the viper logo on them. I bead blasted them down to clean aluminum in preparation for the Cerakote paint. Amazon had some cheap Brembo vinyl I used for masking purposes.
Instead of using my hand pump to bleed the brakes, I removed the hand pump and connected it to a vacuum pump (the type used to vacuum AC systems). It worked great. I highly recommend doing this if you have lots of air to get out of your lines, and of course if you have those tools available.
The pedal has a very good feel to it. I'm ready for a test drive, but it's been raining pretty much every day for the last month here and there's no end in sight.