8 3/4 rear disc brake kit conversion-which one to go with?

[loiq]

Discs don't fade as fast as drums, either, so that also lets you dial in more rear bias.

Drums typically are lighter than discs.

[dart swg.]

I put the setup that stange eng. has , around $400. Fit perfect on my dana,(8 3/4 is the same),had to use late style ford ends. got the e brake setup from lakar.Its all in a 72 swinger prostreet

[Cudadust]

This subject was covered in an article in www.moparaction.com several conversion kits were covered with pros and cons. The article is probably still in the archives. People usually respond to a question based on their experiences and points of reference, some information could be less pertinent to the original poster "BUT" when the information is offered with good intentions it should be accepted as offered, other readers may benefit from the comments.

[440dstr]

ahhhh what was the question?? rear brakes do 31% of the braking blah blah  blah

[joesnow]

What about a ford 9" setup? I just found today a 1977 lincoln Mark V with a 9" with disk brakes. I am planning on a narrowed dana and wwas wondering what you guys thought of that setup. I priced reman rotors-$90 each, calipers $60 each. rear is $70 complete.

[Dave_n_68_383S]

unless your going road racing, running monster slicks, or you just really want to show off your rear end to friends, disk brakes are not needed

these little 3200 lbs cars dont need that much brake, you will lock up the rear tires with smaller drums, depending on tire size- only 30% of braking is done by the rear

I did not ask if I needed the rear disk break kit, I want to upgrade to rear disks, more or less for convenience, and I did not ask for the % of braking that is done by the rear brakes, I have more than enough experience (30+ yrs) to know that the front brakes do more work then the rear brakes. Hell and I might just do some road racing around Phoenix! OH, and you seem to do enough rear end showing around here for yourself, I.M.H.O.

I have some experience... I bought a set of wildwood 12.? rears from Bill. They are slotted and drilled and yes they impress the hell out of my friends. On the practicle side they work great. Everything hooks up pretty well except I cant get the emergency brake to work real good. I just need to mess with it some more. had to play around with the install busings a bit to get the rotor centered in the caliper.. but in the end all is well.


I asked; if anybody has used them and how did they perform, any mods you had to do, does the stock e-brake cable still work with the kit, and were you able to fit stock 5 on 4 1/2" bolt pattern 14" rims over the callipers and rotors.

Now if you know of (or have experience with) a good rear brake conversion kit setup, I would'nt mind getting your opinion on the kit, from a technical aspect if you can give it.