'68 Barracuda Formula S Fastback Restoration
Brakes
I upgraded to '73+ A-Body spindles and UCA back in the early '80's when all parts were available at junk yards. What an improvement. I went with 11.75" police car rotors and pin-type calipers. Mopar Action has all the details, but I did this well before the MA article. DISC-O-TECH: Stop on a dime from Mopar Action and Rick Ehrenberg
I was using a Helwig 1 1/8" front sway bar and the big brakes hit the bar when mounted forward as stock. So I swapped side to side putting the caliper in the back, but I was not happy with the brake line and hose routing. I ran the brake like forward and extended the hard line from the rear to a more forward point with a bracket I fabricated. I wanted to mount the brakes correctly now so I found that the Hellwig 55917 bar has the needed clearance and is physically lighter than the bar I had on the car earlier.
Mopar Action had an article on using ball end links to replace the rubber bushing links for the sway bars. This worked well with this setup but required extending the swaybar mount to make the longer links fit.
For the rear, I followed the MA Disk-o-Tech swap of Jeep Liberty brakes to the 8 3/4" rear. I had these on the car for 2 years and they work great. So I got new rotors and calipers/lines from RockAuto. As they are modern components, they are cheap and readily available.
I am running an adjustable proportioning valve and have it all adjusted to just lock the fronts before the rears. Stoping power is awesome with this setup.
Brakes
I upgraded to '73+ A-Body spindles and UCA back in the early '80's when all parts were available at junk yards. What an improvement. I went with 11.75" police car rotors and pin-type calipers. Mopar Action has all the details, but I did this well before the MA article. DISC-O-TECH: Stop on a dime from Mopar Action and Rick Ehrenberg
I was using a Helwig 1 1/8" front sway bar and the big brakes hit the bar when mounted forward as stock. So I swapped side to side putting the caliper in the back, but I was not happy with the brake line and hose routing. I ran the brake like forward and extended the hard line from the rear to a more forward point with a bracket I fabricated. I wanted to mount the brakes correctly now so I found that the Hellwig 55917 bar has the needed clearance and is physically lighter than the bar I had on the car earlier.
Mopar Action had an article on using ball end links to replace the rubber bushing links for the sway bars. This worked well with this setup but required extending the swaybar mount to make the longer links fit.
For the rear, I followed the MA Disk-o-Tech swap of Jeep Liberty brakes to the 8 3/4" rear. I had these on the car for 2 years and they work great. So I got new rotors and calipers/lines from RockAuto. As they are modern components, they are cheap and readily available.
I am running an adjustable proportioning valve and have it all adjusted to just lock the fronts before the rears. Stoping power is awesome with this setup.