disck brake conversion - what brand would you suggest?

[Rubberduck]

I want to swap my stock type drum brakes in the front of my ´66 Belvedere.
What is a good conversion kit for street use?
Someone told me the Wilwoold 4-piston calipers are crappy. Is that true?
What about all those other manufacturers like SSB, Bear and so on?

Any suggestion is welcome.


Mario

[John_Kunkel]

The Wilwood 4-piston rigid calipers with the 1.75" pistons will have less clamping power than the kits that use the GM 2.95" single piston caliper.

If it were me I would buy the brackets from Scarebird ($165) and source my own parts per their recommendation.

[Ryan]

I have the wilwoods...... no complaints here.

[Musicman]

You can buy an easy painless kit from ECI that uses the big GM calipers, or you can save a few bucks and do as John suggested... buy the brackets from Scarebird and go from there.

[roger01]

im really leaning towards to scarebird route .....has anyone here done this ,    are you happy with it
            does anyone have the costs of the ford rotors and dodge calipers......

[BigBlockSam]

has anyone used one of these kits?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170457456223&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[stripedelete]

has anyone used one of these kits?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170457456223&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[Cooter]

I'll say it again....1973-76 A-body car...It's a BOLT ON....It's a factory engineered and trouble free when replacing parts.....

Just did this conversion on a 1966 Belvy II....

[John_Kunkel]

In some parts of the country the A body stuff has dried up and the F,M,J,R body is the only factory alternative.

The aftermarket kits that use the 2.95" GM caliper will have more clamping power than the 2.75" caliper normally found on Mopars.

[Cooter]

I've had it with GM Calipers and Mopar Master Cylinders...Mixed the two one time and never again...(Pedal feels like sh*t)

[bull]

The Wilwood 4-piston rigid calipers with the 1.75" pistons will have less clamping power than the kits that use the GM 2.95" single piston caliper.

If it were me I would buy the brackets from Scarebird ($165) and source my own parts per their recommendation.

Yup. If I had it to do over again this is probably the route I would take.

And as JK said the A-body stuff is really getting hard to find. However, if you aren't concerned with the geometry differences the Volarie/Aspen-type swap is more readily available, although it's getting fairly scarce too.

[Rubberduck]

Who is Scarebird?



Mario

[ACUDANUT]

I'll say it again....1973-76 A-body car...It's a BOLT ON....It's a factory engineered and trouble free when replacing parts.....

Just did this conversion on a 1966 Belvy II....

I agree. It will save you a fortune. Aftermarket is NOT WORTH THE PRICE, and replacement parts could be a problem in 10 years.

[Rolling_Thunder]

I'll say it again....1973-76 A-body car...It's a BOLT ON....It's a factory engineered and trouble free when replacing parts.....

Just did this conversion on a 1966 Belvy II....

I agree. It will save you a fortune. Aftermarket is NOT WORTH THE PRICE, and replacement parts could be a problem in 10 years.

Exactly why I'm making a disc brake kit with all factory parts ---    muahahaha

[chargerman67]

I used ECI with the guidance of musicman and it was a very easy swap. 

[Al]

 

[Mike DC]

  

I agree. It will save you a fortune. Aftermarket is NOT WORTH THE PRICE, and replacement parts could be a problem in 10 years.

I used to think so but I'm not so sure anymore.  A really big decades-old aftermarket company like Wilwood may eventually be easier to replace stuff for than some of the more obscure stuff used by the OEMs.  Depends on the situation.  

 

[BubBABFP]

has anyone used one of these kits?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170457456223&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

That is what I am getting.

[ACUDANUT]

 Where are the spindles and the extra linkage you will need for the brake pedal ?  On 71-74 you have to change out the "frame" for brake pedal/steering column, as they are different.

[adauto]

I used SSBC, went quick, part quality was good. install was easy......