Summit Racing is now offering Stainless Steel Brakes Disc Brake Conversion Kits for your classic GM muscle car. With prices ranging from $580 to over $1200, chances are you’ll find exactly what you need for your build, whether it be a street competitor or for serious track use.
Applications for the drum to disc kits include 1962-74 Chevy II/Nova, 1964-72 GM A-bodies, and 1967-69 Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. The SSBC kits include GM-style single piston iron calipers, 11 inch rotors, conversion spindles, master cylinder, pads, flex hose, and all necessary brackets and hardware. A noteworthy feature is that the SSBC conversions will fit inside 14-inch wheels, for those who want to keep their cars looking as stock as possible.
There are also SuperTwin Disc Brake Kits available for the 64-72 GM A-bodies, which feature SuperTwin two-piston calipers that offer better stopping performance with less pad deflection. This kit includes larger 13 inch slotted rotors with SSBC’s Xtra Life plating, which prevents rust and corrosion. This kit is recommended for wheel sizes 15′ and up.
So, regardless of which kit you choose you can improve your muscle car’s stopping power by simply purchasing a kit, rather than sourcing the various parts yourself. (Trust us, this is a big convenience.)
Comments
gotta get those drum brakes off the front of those old muscle cars. all that power and nothing to stop those cars!
Dman, some ppl are risk takers.
Actually if you are going to modify the car you may as well to the rear too. They sell a rear kit that is not priced bad and it makes for a sweet set up.
Now with many cars originality is king so some will have to make due with the drums all around. But those cars are worth so much now they do not get driven often in anger. Even then a well service drum system will stop them fine as the stock version of most Muscle cars were not below 14 seconds in the real world. Many of those test the cars were very optimized.
Anyone remember the GTO test that was stated to be a stock 389? well it was a 421. Most MFG fudged things a bit.
The one issue many of these old cars faced is that by the time we got them in the 80’s most has old glazed pads and bad wheel cylinder. I have put many back to original form and while not as good as a disc they will stop in more than safe manor as long as you are not stupid.