[inkjunkie]

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wondering what will need to be changed on my wifes 69 valiant to put big bolt pattern brakes on the front? i know spindles and upper control arms/balljoints need to be changed, but what about the lower control arms and ball joints?

thanks
doug

 

[ski]

Doug, You can use the LCA's but need the bigger lower ball joints. Here's a bunch of good reading on the subject.

ski

http://www.bigblockdart.com/techpages/dbconversion.shtml

http://www.moparts.com/Tech/tech/pages/abody.html

http://www.autohobbydigest.com/a-brake.html

http://moparaction.com/Tech/archive/disc-main.html

http://www.carreview.com/projectdart^brakescrx.aspx

http://www.rowand.net/Shop/Tech/EarlyMoparDiscBrakeSwap.htm