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I’m working on restoring our old family car 1965 Rangoon Red 2V coupe. I’m currently repairing the small amount of rust in the rear. After that I’m moving on to the brakes.
I’d like to upgrade to improve stopping as much as I can. It has front disks but the calipers are frozen. Since I’m going to redo everything anyway I’d like upgrade advice.
Rear: I’m going to relocate the lines as I’ll be adding dual exhaust. I’d like to upgrade to 2” drums. Where can I get the stuff I need to make this conversion. Also I’d like to put in upgraded shoes, any recommendations?
Front: I figured on buying stainless sleeved OEM calipers. I would then upgrade the pads to something better, any ideas? I was then wondering if I’m spending that much maybe I should look at a larger performance caliper/roter setup(Willwood/Baer) any ideas on how much more this will cost vs how much better it will stop.
Balance I’d like to be sure the system is in balance. So if I upgrade drums will my stock disks be too weak. Vice versa.
Thanks,
Don
I’d like to upgrade to improve stopping as much as I can. It has front disks but the calipers are frozen. Since I’m going to redo everything anyway I’d like upgrade advice.
Rear: I’m going to relocate the lines as I’ll be adding dual exhaust. I’d like to upgrade to 2” drums. Where can I get the stuff I need to make this conversion. Also I’d like to put in upgraded shoes, any recommendations?
Front: I figured on buying stainless sleeved OEM calipers. I would then upgrade the pads to something better, any ideas? I was then wondering if I’m spending that much maybe I should look at a larger performance caliper/roter setup(Willwood/Baer) any ideas on how much more this will cost vs how much better it will stop.
Balance I’d like to be sure the system is in balance. So if I upgrade drums will my stock disks be too weak. Vice versa.
Thanks,
Don