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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Dec 2011
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      Country Flag: United States

      Real simple disc upgrade question

      I have a 67 Chevelle. I have upgraded to a 9" Ford with GM backing plates and am currently running the stock drums. My fronts are old GM discs and the car has a stock power brake booster. I have two goals in mind. I want to replace all of my brake lines and either just add discs to the rear or do all four corners with something reasonably priced. I have never screwed around with brakes before besides pads and rotors on existing stuff. Can you fellas recommend a swap from the salvage yard that will fit this car and improve braking and fit the car without any major fabrication or cost? Also, there are quite a few pre bent line vendors out there to choose from, who is best and why? Is stainless worth the $$? I have essentially replaced every moving part of this car myself over the last year but for the brakes, it is time to quit staring at those drums in the back. I have looked at the kits from MCB and CPP but have no insight which is better or worse or overkill for the project. Thanks folks.

    2. #2
      Join Date
      Nov 2008
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      Lawrenceburg, TN
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      I would use "Inline Tube" for the lines... you can add just the rear brake setup from a company called "The Right Stuff" they make a budget rear brake setup for about 350 bucks plus ship that uses 1979 caddy calipers so pads cost are cheap

    3. #3
      Join Date
      Dec 2006
      Location
      Out of the Burbs of Detroit to SoCal, then onto my ancestral homeland, the woods of Cascadia
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      The 9" use new torino ends? The explorer internal drum e-brake disk screws right in
      Greg Fast
      (yes, the last name is spelled correctly)

      1970 Camaro RS Clone
      1984 el Camino
      1973 MGB vintage E/Prod race car
      (Soon to be an SCCA H/Prod limited prep)

    4. #4
      Join Date
      Jan 2006
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      Oregon
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      I picked up that he's running either the Moser #7900 GM/Ford housing ends or the Strange #H1143 equivalents since he has GM rear drum brake backing plates, so the Explorer brakes wouldn't be an off-the-shelf option for the OP's housing ends. Housing ends aside, I would suggest that you consider what you need or want in terms of performance, determine what you intend to run for front brakes and then buy rear brakes to match.

      Tobin
      KORE3
      It's what I does.

    5. #5
      Join Date
      Jan 2006
      Location
      Oregon
      Posts
      1,773
      Country Flag: United States
      Sorry...double post.

      Last edited by Apogee; 03-30-2013 at 10:18 AM. Reason: Double post
      It's what I does.





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