front disk brake conversion kit

CRUZE 418 said

Agreed, but if you reread his first post , and read between the lines, he doesn't like driving his car because of poor braking. Having said that, he is thinking that converting to disk brakes will cure his problem. It might, but he probably needs to go through and replace the better part of his whole braking system.

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I read his first post. Even perfectly functioning 9” or even 10” drums don’t provide great braking. Most of the disk set ups out there put the braking capabilities of these cars much closer to modern vehicles.

He will probably have to replace a significant portion of his braking system either way, so why spend almost as much money to replace drum components that won’t provide great braking even when fixed when he could spend a little bit more and actually have brakes that work well?

I went through the trouble of rebuilding the 10” drum brakes on my ‘71 GT. I replaced a bunch of components, adjusted everything properly, etc and was still underwhelmed by their capabilities. I’m putting the later 11.75” disks on it like I did on my Challenger and my Duster for a bit, they work great with 15” wheels and really improve the stopping abilities of these cars. Maybe not quite the same as more modern vehicles, but at least in the same ballpark if you know what you’re doing.