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- 66patrick66 September 2007
- savoy64 September 2007
1971 Dodge Dart Brake Conversion
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I have a 1971 dodge dart swinger, i have redone the whole top end of the engine and installed a B&M shift kit. My next project is to do a front brake conversion, and bolt pattern conversion all around. i was wondering if there is a cheaper way to convert the brake without using the expensive aftermarket pakages. (compatible brakes from another vehicle). my dart currently has 10" drums all around. no power. also i was wondering how hard it is to convert the bolt pattern when i upgrade the brakes. thanks
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This is an easy one. You'll have to find a '73-'76 A-body (Duster/Demon/Swinger/Dart) in a salvage yard and get EVERYTHING - Front upper and lower control arms, spindles, rotors, calipers, m/cylinder (and the power booster and brackets, if applicable), the lines coming off that master cylinder, and the factory proportioning valve. If the rear axle assembly is present, snag it up, too. These years ALL had the larger 5-on-4-1/2" pattern like the other Mopars. If you happen across a '72 A-body disc brake car, it, too, has the larger bolt pattern. Since these are getting way fewer in the junk yards these days (and the prices going up along with that fact), plus you'll need to buy new brake pads/shoes, brake lines and such, buying NEW might be the better way to go these days. Besides, what's the ability to stop versus NOT stop worth to YOU?
Good luck!"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..." -
hey----i can buy the assemblies at the pickapart for $99 spindle/rotor/caliper--you also need the upper control arm master cylinder and proportioning vavle----right now i have a set of upper control arms saved
the late A bodies are becoming more scarce because the B and E body guys are grabbing them up to disc their cars----i am running mostly B bodies and now use assemblies off of magnum and cordoba cars--they use the tall 11.75 rotors and the steering geometry is ok too
drop me a line sometime---bob
