| Although we don’t plan on changing any cars to disc brakes, it’s my understanding that they don’t help the car stop any better than drums, but where they shine is superior cooling and therefore less brake fade. Could be better for someone driving in the mountains or pulling a load? V/r D&K Sent from my iPhone On Aug 27, 2024, at 11:59, Michael Corrigan <mcorrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Folks
I agree we are here to help one another and this hopefully includes avoiding making mistakes. Ther are also legitimate differences of opinion. With respect to this issue, my own experience with AAJ may be worth relating.
I suspect that I am like many people who generally believe disc brakes are better than the old drums and better able to stop big heavy cars quickly. I was attracted to this conversion because it looked relatively simple and I hoped to drive my
car a lot. The process was anything but simple and once I started down the path, the problems compounded. For example, the fancy new double chamber master cylinder that AAJ sold me that was supposed to make the whole system safer, didn’t have the correct fittings
in it, and I spent a fortune, trying to figure that out before ultimately my mechanic swapped it out for an original master cylinder from a junked H.
I left the drum brakes as they are on the J I bought a year ago and as many writers here have confirmed, the car stops just fine. Many members of this forum, who know a lot more than I do have repeatedly said
that the folks at Chrysler probably knew better in most cases then the people who came later trying to “improve“ what was built originally. My own experiences make me increasingly of that mind as well.
My advice to all of our members is to move very slowly with any decision that involves a modification from the original specifications because it can often lead you into unexpected and unpleasant new territory! Our cars are pretty darn nice as
they are!
From: 'Peter Pellicani' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 8:43:29 AM
To: Chrysler 300 List Server (chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; James Douglas <jdd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} Brake Line Routing
James,
Excellent response and I agree. Also having a non-Letter car you are automatically in that "group" Doesn't apply to all, but if the shoe fits.....
Peter 61 STICK
On Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 10:01:37 AM EDT, 'James Douglas' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One would hope that the Club would be big enough and confident enough to support all its members when they ask a question.
I find it irritating when members disparage another member because they happen to choose to make a modification to their cars.
Unless one is an ultra-purist and goes to the trouble of finding all NOS parts for a car, sends out all the reused parts for the “correct” plating that
the factory used, sought out original material, and on and on… then all of use are in one way or another “modifying” the cars.
It is only a matter of degree to which we are modifying it.
Helping a person should be the goal of all club members not telling him/her that their choices are bad because it is not your choice.
I hope that Zach will post some photos so I can see what he is dealing with and I for one would be happy to try and help him as opposed to just be dismissive
to him.
James
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