Disc Brake Kit

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Tue Jun 07, 11 10:18 pm

Hi

Now my Mrs wants to drive my pride and joy

, the project for this winter will be to fit a power disc brake kit to my 68 Charger which currently runs on manual drums. Any advice on what is the best kit to buy on a sensible budget and replacement parts e.g. brake pads are freely available?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 08, 11 8:37 am

Do her knee caps. Thatt way she cant drive and you save money on brake upgrades (and accident repairs no doubt :-D )

Seriously though, SSBC seem to be well recommended.

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Wed Jun 08, 11 2:53 pm

Clivey wrote:Do her knee caps. Thatt way she cant drive and you save money on brake upgrades (and accident repairs no doubt :-D )

Seriously though, SSBC seem to be well recommended.

Thanks Clive

Just checked out SSBC, all their products seemed to need 17 inch wheels and above for clearance (unless I was looking in the wrong place). I want to keep my 15 inch Torq Thrusts. I was hoping to find a tried and tested full kit which included a booster etc, everything on the SSBC website appeared to be sold as separates.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Wed Jun 08, 11 2:57 pm

http://www.moparuk.com/forums/viewtopic ... andcruiser

might help

follow the links in it to see if this is for you

Dave

latil · Post by **latil** » Wed Jun 08, 11 3:13 pm

http://www.performancesuspension.com/in ... 1454_45440

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Wed Jun 08, 11 6:40 pm

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I've also been looking on e-bay and found this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mopar-B-E-Body-Po ... 4663107247

Has anyone got any views or tried this?

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Wed Jun 08, 11 7:11 pm

Check out this link, really good info here, especially the bearibg adaptor for 72 on spindles

http://www.scarebird.com/index.php?id=31

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 10, 11 10:38 pm

Hi Nigel,

Always a tricky one doing this conversion.
Don't trust Chevy guys selling Mopar Stuff LOL!
Best bet is a 70on E-body or 71on B-body set-up.
The other alternative is to use Landcruiser discs on the drum brake spindles.
SSBC is not good at all, mixed reports on their crossover Mustang parts too!

The biggest problem is the brake balance set-up, to stop the rear drums locking up.

Best of luck Bacca.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Jun 10, 11 10:50 pm

I personally don't rate SSBC, the discs and pad area are not big enough. Just because the bolt on does not mean they stop well.

This is a classic case of you get what you pay for....

Don't bother with the Viper conversion kit - the 72-76 "A" Body Drum spindles required for the conversion are made from Unobtainium....

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Jun 10, 11 11:17 pm

Funilly enuf I e-mailed them scarebird gits for a bit of advice and they could'nt have been more honest and helpful, even told me to stick with std disc diameters and use a perf pad, quite refreshing attitude eh?

nigel · Post by **nigel** » Mon Jun 13, 11 6:38 pm

Thanks for all the advice and help.

I've emailed Matt Classics Bowties to ask if they are prepared to ship parts to the UK - not received a reply from them yet. Apparently all their braking components are based on 70's mopar gear.