On my 56, I went to front discs because I moved to an area with a lot of hills, my front drums were out of spec and I wasn't getting full contact from the shoes and the car stopped like crap, I could have continued my search for better drums and had the shoes ground to match, but I was tired of working on them. I did the front discs and haven't touched the front brakes since, that was 11 years ago. If I do have an issue, I can go to pep boys and come home with new parts. The car stops really nice, it was the best improvement I did to that car.
From: Ron Swartley <Archangel1390@xxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:42:29 EDT To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ReplyTo: Archangel1390@xxxxxxx
Subject: [FWDLK] 1957 DODGE BRAKES, WHEELS, HUBCAPS,ETC, ETC.
I have read many of the things that have been
written about disk brakes, front and disk brakes back disk brakes, and
it keeps getting more and more confusing. Then wheel size and then hubcap size.
What next? Carry a 14 inch and 15 inch spare tire!!!
I drag raced Chrysler Products from a 56
Plymouth Fury to a 426 Hemi Superbird and about 25 cars in between those I
just mentioned. I won more than 237 drag strip competition trophies
and set about 12 drag strip records in my classes, and almost all my cars
did 100+ miles per hour in the quarter mile and I had less than 1/8 of a
mile to stop them after the race. I never had any problem
stopping at all. Brake fade, what brake fade there was almost none.
Now every single car I raced had Mopar Factory power brakes or
Factory power assisted brakes. The only time I ever had even a
little brake fade was driving down Peters Mountain at a very fast rate of
speed that had me on and off the brakes ever few seconds. ALL DUE RESPECT TO
YOU GUYS------Where are you driving these cars??????? A 57 Dodge????? You
can't run NASCAR with that, I doubt if you are going to take it to one of
the drag strips and race it !!!!! You do not need Super disk brakes all the way
around to drive a 325 cu inch Dodge to the local car cruise at the "Sonic Drive
In Restaurant" a mile outside the city. If you just want the car to look bad and
super fast, I still have two very old parachutes that can be mounted on the rear
bumper just for show!!!!!! I will sell them very cheap.
Hey, just my .02---based on my racing
and collection Mopar's since 1956. ( That is about 55 years!!!!!!!!!
)
Ron Allyn Swartley
PS. HAPPY EASTER
EVERYBODY!!!!!!
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