Tech question--

[FED 387]

In 1973 or so I decided to build a Modified Production class car--- I bought a bare bones 6 cylinder 3 speed on the column with no radio and a tinted windshield---cheapest camaro probably that Chevy ever built--less than 20000 miles little old lady traded it in on a new 1972 Nova 4 door cuz her lady friends couldn't get in the back seat--perfect interior and body just needed a good wax and buff Red with a Black interior ---Went on to put a 287 CI engine and a Nash 5 speed trans plus a Pontiac rear later tubbed the car and installed a full Moly roll cage ,swapped over for a 9 inch Ford rear with a 6:50 gear-- ran the STOCK factory DRUMS on the front and STOCK Ford 9inch DRUMS on the rear--as we progressed thru several classes finally settling on C/D/F MP and then F/MP only--- as a C car we ran speeds of 135-137 MPH never had any problems stopping but several Short shutdown area tracks would make you pay attention!!! Finally settled on F/MP and ran consistent 127 plus MPH----- so we decided to put Metallic brake shoes on the front wow you could almost "loc em up" if you jumped on them and got them hot !! but definitely helped in stopping!!!-----finally we put Semi-metallic brake shoes on the rear mostly to help with staging as the front Fully metallic shoes would not hold real well until they got hot---Never even/ever considered Discs at the time ---That car weighed as little as 2950 or as much as 3600 with driver---thats my experience ---FED 387