Disc Brake Conversion
 

Looking for opinions on doing a 4 wheel disc conversion for my 68 Camaro stocker. Car currently has drums all the way around. It stops well. but very hard to hold on the line. Just looking at all the options by Wildwood, Aerospace, Baer, SSBC, and Strange. Any pros or cons would be greatly appreciated.

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Everyone will recommend what they run. That said, I've had Wilwood on my former ride and Mark Williams on my current. If I was to swap factory drum brakes or disc/drum again, my choice would be Mark Williams.

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I have Strange all around on my car, and they work great. a friend has Aerospace on his L/SA Olds and another has Wilwood on his R/SA car. They all work great. SSBC doesn't pay contingency and their stuff is heavier than your current drum set up.

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We put Aerospace brakes on our car this year but I would NOT recommend them.

From a few feet away they look so good, all shiny machined aluminum. But when we installed them we found every tapped hole very rough and full of machining chips. We had to run a tap through every hole to clean them out. Following their instructions, one front caliper was way out of tolerance for being centered on the rotor. It had to be sent back to be machined an additional .080 inches so it would fit properly costing additional us freight charges and time.

To avoid finger pointing if we should run into any problems, we also bought the master cylinder and pushrod from them. After getting everything installed we started bleeding the brakes. Several minor leaks and several hours later the brakes still would not hold pressure. We finally removed the master cylinder and took it apart. There was a huge gouge in the cylinder bore! No wonder it would not hold pressure. Went to the local parts store and bought a master cylinder for a Dodge pickup and installed it. Had the brakes bled in 10 minutes.

To add insult to injury I called Aerospace, told them what had transpired, and asked to return the master cylinder for credit. No problem was their reply. When I got my credit card statement they had dinged me a 10% restocking fee on the defective master cylinder. Not my idea of good customer service.

The brakes work great, but the whole episode left a bad taste in my mouth. I would go with some other brand next time.

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Call Mike at MPR and order a set of Mark Williams. He will give you a good price and service. Remember, you get what you pay for, and you do not want "cheap" in your brakes. Dyno

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hi mark how are you. I use the Strange disc all the way around on my 68 camaro with their soft pads, been pleased with them. also use their master cylinder as the wilwood leaked at the caps.

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Going to a 4 wheel disc set up will not help your starting line issues. What you're explaining is how I would explain 4 wheel discs. Stops great, but doesn't hold very good on the starting line.

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In the process of installing Aerospace 2-piston on the front of our '67 E/SA Camaro atm. There was some minor rotor/caliper body clearance issues where we had to use a file to remedy. Seems the adage "you get what you pay for" does not mean much anymore.

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Next weekend will bring the install of a 4-piston Aerospace system on the rear. We will be using a Strange master cylinder with a 1.032 bore as recommended by Aerospace...time will tell if that was the correct advice.

Sorry I can't be of more help on the subject as we are still in process. I did use Aerospace in the late nineties on a '69 B/SA Camaro without issues which is why I chose them this go around.

Re: Disc Brake Conversion
 

Thanks for your reply Jody, can you elaborate on your comment on what does it take to hold a car on the starting line? My only issues is the starting line, if I get up on the convertor much more than 2200 the car wants to push through the beams. the car on the top end stops well.

Re: Disc Brake Conversion
 

If I'm not mistaken Aerospace offers some soft pads which might make a difference in holding on the line, but it's just conjecture on my part. http://shop.aerospacecomponents.com/...brakepads.aspx