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Old 9/15/08, 06:48 PM
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1968 Disc Brakes

Hey everyone, ive been having several close calls with my drum brakes messing up, and due to that fact not having been able to stop properly. Does anyone know the best place to get a power front disc conversion kit?
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Budget:

http://www.geocities.com/2bav8/granada.html

Middle:

http://www.ssbrakes.com/products/det...tang&year=1968

Expensive:

This one allows you to use SN-95 brakes.
http://www.fatmanfab.com/catalogpage.php?page=29

http://www.heidts.com/index.cfm/page...rod/prd144.htm
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Budget, and work great: www.discbrakeswap.com
Old 9/16/08, 05:14 PM
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alright, thanks guys, thats a big help. Hopefully i can get these ordered soon and get em put in.
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i need a disc brake change on my 69 .. it just pushes rite thru the drums when i try to do a burnout lately ..
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I would do the granada swap.
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first off i wouldnt do a gradnada swap since the stock disc brakes are better than the granada brakes

1st choice,

just so you know the 68 brake spindles are the same for disc or drum

what i did was get the caliper brackets, then got 2 rotors and calipers from autozone, installed it with a az power brake booster and had to convert over to a power brake petal

i also got 97 explorer rear disc and installed them on the rear, so not i have 4 wheel disc brakes, total was under 800 dollars for 4 wheel power disc brakes

Chockostang

(where i got my calipers and caliper brackets)they also sell the complete conversion
http://myworld.ebay.com/chockostang
624 Chock Rd, Murrayville, IL 62668-8172, United States<!-- --> (Map)<!---->
<!----> <!----> <!----> Phone: (217) 882-20

they will sell pieces or complete conversion
http://www.streetortrack.com/Street-...ck-c-1392.html
Street or Track LLC
7581 Honeysuckle Rd
West Bloomfield, MI 48324
Old 9/24/08, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Rogue
first off i wouldnt do a gradnada swap since the stock disc brakes are better than the granada brakes

1st choice,

just so you know the 68 brake spindles are the same for disc or drum

what i did was get the caliper brackets, then got 2 rotors and calipers from autozone, installed it with a az power brake booster and had to convert over to a power brake petal

i also got 97 explorer rear disc and installed them on the rear, so not i have 4 wheel disc brakes, total was under 800 dollars for 4 wheel power disc brakes

Chockostang

(where i got my calipers and caliper brackets)they also sell the complete conversion
http://myworld.ebay.com/chockostang
624 Chock Rd, Murrayville, IL 62668-8172, United States<!-- --> (Map)<!---->
<!----> <!----> <!----> Phone: (217) 882-20

they will sell pieces or complete conversion
http://www.streetortrack.com/Street-...ck-c-1392.html
Street or Track LLC
7581 Honeysuckle Rd
West Bloomfield, MI 48324

Ok, thats pretty interesting. I was looking at a front power upgrade kit for 800 from discbrakeswap.com, but this sounds like a better deal. Do the brakes work really well?
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