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Originally Posted by BillD
I have a 66 Chevelle with drum brakes all around. I really should put front discs on the car as the drum brakes just don't do the job. I have considered two alternatives. Putting a OEM 67 style disc brake set up on the car or just buying an aftermarket conversion kit. I have most of the parts needed kicking around to do the OEM style 67 conversion. All of my OEM parts needs replating/rebuilding. If I go with OEM setup I am also thinking of ditching the 67 big disc brake calipers and using the smaller 69 style calipers so I don't have wheel clearance problems.
Or do I just go out and buy an aftermarket kit, if so, which one? And power boosted or not? I am tempted to just do the aftermarket kit but don't want to buy cheap Chinese junk. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
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I did a conversion on my 66 Chevelle. I bought all aftermarket which I didn't use. Then I bought original 67 4 piston calipers 2 1/8 inch bore and had them rebuilt. Then I used a restored original 66 booster with a NOS 67 master cylinder. In the rear I used 11 inch shoes with finned drums. I used 15x6 rallys up front and 15x8 rallys in the rear. It's stops on a dime. I'm very happy with the end results.