motorcitymopar586

ive heard millions of oppinions on this and wanna see what i can get outta you guys. ive always believed drum brakes are better for stopping power but arent great with heat.. disc brakes are just less parts, shed heat better, and are cheaper to work with.. which is the best to go with?

Silverick

Personally, I feel that disc brakes are more dependable when it comes to heat and fade. On my '68 Fury, I have power drum brakes and they actually work very well. I understand how they work, their deficiencies and do not plan on converting them!

I had the same brakes on another Fury, that I drove hard at times, and I could get 2 high speed (100+ mph) stops out of them. The third was sketchy! The fourth was no brakes... as everything was hot!

If I was putting something together that I was planning on some spirited driving.... I would definitely have disc brakes on at least the front, if not, all the way around.

TVLynn

Disk brakes- install them and forget it. Drum brakes - the adjustment is critical for max efficiency. I would install disk brakes Many years ago I had a 66 Coronet, driving in the rain had one of those OH Shet moments I think the only thing that saved me was the metallic brake shoes

JS23

I really enjoy the modulation feel you can get out of disc brakes.

The 4 wheel drums on my 66 300 stop well but lock up much to easy in the rain.

I just recently put larger 11" rear drum set-ups on the back of my Challenger.
It has OE disc on the front.
Now the larger rears tend to lock up earlier than I would like.
I might have to add an adjustable proportioning valve.

Plus the 11" drums were HEAVY as heck.

lou3500

I always convert to disk on the front without question after my first oh shet moment long ago,i don't like the constant will it go left this time or right or straight who knows.

440roadrunner

There is a REASON that all cars have not only disk brakes, but nowadays many have 4 wheel disk brakes

62Furious

I had the same brakes on another Fury, that I drove hard at times, and I could get 2 high speed (100+ mph) stops out of them. The third was sketchy! The fourth was no brakes... as everything was hot!

I robbed a Volarie and put the factory disks on years a go[while rebuilding the front end] and have had no trouble with them

440roadrunner

I owned 2 Roadrunners, "back then," first was a 69 383 4 speed, 3.23, headers, Edelbrock, Holley, had the big 11" manual brakes. Yup. You heat 'em up, they won't stop. Curvey roads.

Second was a 70 440 sixpack, 4 speed, headers, Edelbrock, 800 Holley, had disk front brakes.
No comparison, none.

TVLynn

I did the disk conversion on a 67 Coronet. I had Volare rotors, & pin type Challenger calipers. By using the correct calaper adapter and the use of 15" wheels you can use the larger 11.9"? Cordoba type rotors

bboogieart

Seems brakes are like points, just easier to go with the disc (electronic dist.) Then to maintain them. Most cars would be fine with the drum brakes but with todays traffic being much quicker to go and stop you will be better off with the disc swap. I have drums on all my vintage cars, but I drive 'em like they have drums. Don't expect for either to stop like a modern car that has just cut you off and now wants to stop or turn.

66coronet440

Definitely go with disc, its so much better, especially if you have non-power brakes. I put them on my coronet what a difference they make! If you want check out this site, www.ssbrakes.com

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1966 Coronet 440 318 poly

61 Fury

Hi, I have looked all through the site but nobody seems to have talked about drum to disc brake conversion on any '61 models. Even on disc brake conversion websites, the retailers all seem to start their kits at '62 and newer. Am I missing something, or are there no kits available for pre-1962 cars/trucks?
Thanks for any light you can shed on this mystery. A caveat...I may not have read every thread on disc brakes here, so maybe I did miss a thread that would help me.