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65Vart

65Vart

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Hey Guys, I have a chance to pick up 4 piston KH calipars, spindles, Upper control arms,rotors, master from a 70 Duster for my 65 Dart (to replace the 9" drums......any suggestions? anything else I need? (good deal so far).
 
65Vart said:
Hey Guys, I have a chance to pick up 4 piston KH calipars, spindles, Upper control arms,rotors, master from a 70 Duster for my 65 Dart (to replace the 9" drums......any suggestions? anything else I need? (good deal so far).
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You,ll need a proportioning valve,and I,m sure you know flex lines.It,s a good idea to also swap your lower balljoints to the 73-up.The small ones can,t accept the harder braking force and snap!Safety first,if you get them and run into problems?You can reach through a PM or call me at home,I,m off work this week.825-3621.Scott
 
You'll need a dual resevoir MC and the 4-2 bolt firewall adaptor. those are available thru mancini. I'm running the same setup. it is so much better then 9" drums its not even funny. but if your like me you'll eventually want some different wheels and the SBP makes it harder to do that. I think some people have used early mustang rotors to go BBP with the K-H brakes
 
You can use the mc from the Duster, I'd atleast get a rebuilt one...Try and get the prop valve from that setup to, if not you can use one from wilwwood/summit/masterpower. I replaced the front brake lines with a later model dart, worked fine. I also replaced the front caliper crossover tube with stainless from Right Stuff...

Bob
 
You do not need the upper control arms, the upper ball joints were the same from '63-'72. You will need '66-'72 disc brake lower ball joints. You will also need the spindle to ball joint bolts off the Duster. The 9" brake ball joints got a bad rap because they used 7/16" spindle bolts instead of 1/2". The '70 Duster master will work well, but see if you can get the proportioning valve from the car too. If not, use an aftermarket one as suggested. '66-'72 disc brake hoses should finish things up and have you on the road. I personally went with '73-'76 brakes because of parts availability.
 
OldVart said:
Is your Dart still in the bodyshop Flatlander? :)
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Yeah, if you want to call my garage/shop a bodyshop. I've had some time to work on it and have made real progress. The doors, hood, and trunk lid are done and I'm ready to shoot the body. Turning out better than I thought, just takes an ungodly amount of prep work. I'm even getting the rear stripes done. I've been slacking on getting more pics up, no energy in the early morning and at night it's either in the shop or doing something with the family.
 
So do I need the upper arms?? I'm gettin mixed messages. Also if these 4 pist calipars need to be rebuilt.......big $$ right?
 
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