There has been an e-mail string going on here all week about that. The kit is from AAJ and is widely known. The original self-adjusting brakes on '63 through '66 Imperials were about the best drum brakes ever installed on an American automobile. If they are rebuilt and maintained correctly, you don't need to go through the trouble and expense of converting them to another design. If you want to do it, that is up to you, but it is not necessary.
Either system requires maintenance and careful driving. There was a post about needing better brakes to get the most out of the engine, which makes me wonder if some folks think that by converting their brakes they can drive faster or follow more closely. Those are bad driving habits which have nothing to do with realizing the potential of the engine. Public roads are a community of people who have to work together to get along. If someone wants to find out how fast their car will go, they need to make arrangements with a race track, not experiment with fast driving and a different braking system on a public road. The excessive burst of power available to Imperial Owner's is there for safe passing on two lane highways and smoothly merging with high speed freeway traffic.
Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: Moorehouse Construction LLC <smoorehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 5:10 pm Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Diusc Brake Optionthanks for reply when I find a replacement imperial Im going to switch it to discs and a dual master cylinder do you know someone who sells a kit to do that on a 64-66 imperial?
----- Original Message ----- From: "PAUL WENTINK" <randalpark@xxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: Re: IML: 1964 through 1966 Diusc Brake Option
No, they did not. Paul W. -----Original Message----- From: smoorehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 4:23 pm Subject: Re: RE: IML: AAJ vs stock brakes for 1957I cannot remember weather I read it or heard it but did the 64-66
imperial > have disk breaks on all four wheels as an order option?
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