The disc brake conversion is simple. I researched it for 3-4 years
before I did it. It is almost a year since it was done. All the
hullabalu about miss matching drum and disc parts and not to have or to
have a proportioning pure BS. I did what Frank Swygert from AIM said and
am perfectly happy. Where I live is all hills and the drums would fade
real fast. And since I have a stock 74 factory disc brake car to compare
to the conversion car too Frank was right on in his comments and advice.
The only difference is as he said a little bit more pedal pressure is
required to stop but nothing that the normal driver would even notice
after driving those old 100 year designed old drum brakes .
"Doc"
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To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Bradley Jones <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 13:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Interior Assembly Should Start Today!!!!!
I'm using the power disc out of an '81 Concord
AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:I drove my yellow Hornet for 30 years with them !@#$%^& drum brakes.
What a difference. I have the 79 Concord set up out of a non power disc
car. It is used with a stock 74 drum brake master and power booster. It
works fine. My orange car has the stock power factory disc set up.
"Doc"
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: Bradley Jones <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 15:00:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Interior Assembly Should Start Today!!!!!
I'm getting ready to do the swap myself. Hey Doc.. brake fade?? I just don't know which way to turn the steering wheel when hitting the brakes
AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:Hey Tony glad to see you made it here and also found an AMC. Great bunch
of people here and wealth of knowledge also. The disc conversion is not
hard. I had my yellow car done last june. Lu is in the process of doing
her Gremlin right now. I spent an hour driving through the hills where I
live yesterday and could remember with the drum brakes the brake fade
was so bad it would barely stop after a trip like that.
"Doc"
To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: "Tony" <darkvortex37@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:32:56 -0000
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Interior Assembly Should Start Today!!!!!
hey doc,
sounds like you've been busy.
I have a ton of work that needs to be done to my car before i can
drive it. I realy outta just restore the entire thing right now but I
dont have the time and res ources so i'll just have to settle for
preserving whats still intact on it for the next couple of years. Im
gonna be doing a disc brake conversion from my '78 gt parts car, also
the basic tune up and replacing of hoses ect, I think I also have a
colapsed shock or weak spring on the front drivers side.
So thats where I'm at,
Tony
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