On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Ray Bell <
raybell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> They certainly will be different front to
rear...
>
> I don't know where my earlier message went to, but I
posted about the
> lack of need to put bigger brakes on the rear, the
rear brakes only do
> about 25% of the braking at the most. I
suggested that the best idea
> would be to get some 11" x 2½" rears
(common on pickups) and fit them,
> and that you'd probably need to
have a limiting valve in the rear
> line, if not smaller cylinders in
the rear.
>
> Front brakes will not readily adapt to rear
because of the need for
> precisely located holes for the e-brake
lever points and the
> difference in the shape of the lower part of
the shoes. Way too much
> work for nothing.
>
> Now... why
do you want discs anyway?
>
> If the car's just being used for
normal driving, a well set up set of
> the best drums you can get (11"
x 3" fronts) will do a good job of
> pulling up the car. They will
heat up quicker than discs, but that
> only leads to fade problems
after several hard stops in a short period
> of time. Like descending
a mountain with lots of hairpin bends.
>
> Ray
>
>
On Jun 29, 10:29 am, Scott Hinojos <
lightspli...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> I read somewhere (don't ask where, I don't know - lol )
that the
>> brakes were different front to back. They must have
been thinking of
>> the Newport, which, according to the service
manual, has narrower rear
>> brakes. Another thing that bolstered
my belief that the brakes were of
>> a different size is that the
front shoes are $10 more than the rears.
>> Could it be that they
are indeed different in some way, or are the
>> companies like Auto
Zone just confused? From the way the manual looks,
>> the shoes are
essentially the same. Any opinions on that?
>>
>> So, does
anyone have an opinion on what WILL fit my car,
>> disc-brake-wise?
Six hundred bucks for a kit is too rich for my blood
>> right now,
considering all the other stuff I have to get done on the
>> car,
like the windshield and the weatherstrip... and paint... and
>>
cleaning up the surface rust... lol
>>
>>
Thanks!
>>
~S~
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:40 AM, <
Dodger7...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> > I think that you are right, I missed the C body
part,,,,
>>
>> > In a message dated 6/28/2011 8:17:36
A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> >
62to65mo...@xxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
>>
>> > Hum, the parts he mentioned in
paragraph one are I think for a B body swap
>> > though. His
1964 Chrysler does not apply to those, does it?
>>
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