Front power disc brakes conversion kit recommendations

my70stang

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i want to switch my 70 mustang from manual 4wheel drum brakes to front power disc brakes. also, were switching my engine in a while to a V8 so were going to swap my 4-lugs to 5 lugs and want a "beefier" rear end.
any help would be appreciated
my70stang

 

Edbert

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8" rears are dirt cheap and quite reliable for mild driving up to ~375 fwhp.

Regarding the front power discs there are many options, can you give more insight into your budget and expectations?

 

dawtips

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I just installed this kit on my '69 stang and it went pretty smoothly. The brakes feel great.

http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=/egnsearch.asp&N=400336

 

wild70stang

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once I get $500 I was going to invest it in a granada brake set up with slotted rotors for better braking. Heres the site.

http://www.discbrakeswap.com/

 

'69Mach1

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R/C Motorsport makes a nice kit for less than $400 ,all you would need is v8 spindles.Or you could look for a used Mach1 setup ,and you would have the whoul setup.

 

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I would recommend searching the forum. There are probably hundreds of threads with discussions of various options.

 

LMan

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JeeZUS....how many times are we gonna cover the same ground?


lol

 

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I'm in the middle of adding 1973 Mustang front disc brakes and ultrastang's Lincoln Mark VII rear disc brakes to my 1969 fastback. Mustangsteve's Cobra front kit looks very nice. I wish it came out before I began collecting parts for my swap

 

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I used the Master Power Brakes kit

http://www.mpbrakes.com/mp4.htm

on my 70 coupe and love it.

It was a bit spendy and I have to run a vac can because of the cam I'm running but it stops almost as fast as it starts

 

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Power Disc Brakes

I also bought the MPB kit for my '67. Haven't installed it yet but it looks to be a complete kit and pretty straightforward install. It ended up being about $900 and included rotors, 4-piston calipers, hoses, vac booster, MC, combo valve, attaching brackets and hardware. I'm sure it will be quite an improvement over my 4-wheel, non-power drum setup.

Rob

 

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Rod & Custom RC132 kit $350. Adj prop valve $40. 1990GT booster $90 (use with manual pedal) 69 PDB MC $25. I know the 67-68 I6 & V8 spindles are the same, AFAIK the same is true for 69-70.

 

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bnickel

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wild70stang said:

once I get $500 I was going to invest it in a granada brake set up with slotted rotors for better braking. Heres the site.

http://www.discbrakeswap.com/

Click to expand...

that price is going to be hard to beat and I know degins has put a lot of work into getting that kit together.

the only thing i would like to see different is the use of stock 68-73 style caliper brackets and calipers so the kit would be more OEm style but this is still a great deal for a disc swap.

 

xoxbxfx

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i have a 69-70 disc setup if you are interested in... Needs to be cleaned up, rotors may be able to get turned, but its complete minus brake lines. Also have a brand new master cyl for it. Let me know if you are interested, was gonna use it on my 69 but I have a MII suspension layin around im gonna use