BottleFed70 said:I'm interested in converting my 28spline 9" rear to disk, but unfortunatly the website doesn't really have much info on the conversion.
Email him. I emailed him my questions about the front disc kit and I had a great response in 2hrs. His website sucks, but the support seems great.68keyblr said:Yeah, it doesn't mention where the rotors/calipers/hoses come from for a rear setup. I'd be interested in doing the rear discs on my '68
5.0ina66 said:Email him. I emailed him my questions about the front disc kit and I had a great response in 2hrs. His website sucks, but the support seems great.
I'm firmly convinced that the Scarebird front disc setup has the granada swap beat 5 ways from sunday. All the parts are cheaper, and it's something like $150 cheaper than the granada swap, with all new parts, depending on what you'd pay for the intial granada pieces. Its also $225 cheaper than degins new granada stuff.
For the front disc kit:
uses mid 80s s10 4x4 calipers @11ea from rockauto
uses 68-69 Mustang rotors @38ea from rockauto
uses mid 80s Eldorado lines @ 14ea from rockauto
uses vintage ford MC @ 20 from rockauto
uses GM pads @ 15 from rockauto
uses the scarebird brackets @ $110
Bolt on, no hack converstion unlike the R&C RC132 kit, which is similar. No change in track width.
HTH
--Kyle
PS I believe the rear disc kit uses GM parts as well. For those of you who object to GM parts on a Ford, cry me a river, it's not like I'm dropping a 350 in the thing
John Z said:Once you start with the mods, does it matter where the parts came from? Isn't the idea to make the car the way you want it to be?
I just do not understand why Scarebird elected to go with GM calipers as opposed to designing the brackets to hole ones from Ford. I do not do this kind of work so may be there is a technical reason.
It is amazing how much interest there is in the Scarebird bracket but so little feed back from users. I only know of one guy that admits to having the Scarebird units, and he was the gunnie pig for the first bracket. Wound up with GM rotors, so the design has changed since his install.
xj220 said:Hey, does that mean he's local? It sounded like that in your post. Where in Seattle are you?
5.0ina66 said:Email him. I emailed him my questions about the front disc kit and I had a great response in 2hrs. His website sucks, but the support seems great.
I'm firmly convinced that the Scarebird front disc setup has the granada swap beat 5 ways from sunday. All the parts are cheaper, and it's something like $150 cheaper than the granada swap, with all new parts, depending on what you'd pay for the intial granada pieces. Its also $225 cheaper than degins new granada stuff.
For the front disc kit:
uses mid 80s s10 4x4 calipers @11ea from rockauto
uses 68-69 Mustang rotors @38ea from rockauto
uses mid 80s Eldorado lines @ 14ea from rockauto
uses vintage ford MC @ 20 from rockauto
uses GM pads @ 15 from rockauto
uses the scarebird brackets @ $110
Bolt on, no hack converstion unlike the R&C RC132 kit, which is similar. No change in track width.
HTH
--Kyle
PS I believe the rear disc kit uses GM parts as well. For those of you who object to GM parts on a Ford, cry me a river, it's not like I'm dropping a 350 in the thing
badazz68stang said:I talked to the fella from scarebird today and he said they are in the process of a new design that allows the use of the original 14" style wheel. The new design uses a Buick Park Avenue caliper and ford rotors.
John Z said:I just do not understand why Scarebird elected to go with GM calipers as opposed to designing the brackets to hole ones from Ford. I do not do this kind of work so may be there is a technical reason.
68keyblr said:Plus, you get to keep your original spindles so you don't get the bumpsteer that you'd get as a result of the changed geometry using granada spindles...
Scarebird said:We then cast our gaze at the "lowly" Park Ave caliper. These calipers are a 1/2 pound heavier than the S10 unit, but are designed to really hug the rotor. They DO clear the steel wheel- all we need to do is find if they hit the strut rod or not... since we cannot use them behind the axle they must go in front ala 65-67 stock. If this clears, it should be a real winner- budget price, excellent hydraulic match and biggest rotor to fit inside stock steel wheel. We wil have a set winging it's way to West Coast Classic Cougar for evaluation.
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