Brake Options?

[ELNielsen]

Suspension is Done. I have a 71 Barracuda with manual drum brakes all around, and it's upgrade planning time. I could not get my brother to go for the hydroboost conversion. I am limited by 15x7" Torquethrusts with new 235/60r15 Cooper Cobras. Everyone I have talked to says buy a readymade kit (including power booster) where everything works from the get go without any having to "fabricate" on brakes... Just install a complete boxed conversion and be done. I am the mechanic special type guy, looking for those specs on the cheapest (not to be cheap, but I don't need titanium wilwoods with 64^N drilled slotted platinum silver-plated brakes). I just want the pulsing to cease and need powerful (as I can get) brakes for my hairy mountain pass so that I can stop as well as anyone else. It has occurred very easy for traffic to come to a very abrupt halt. I brake early and often and have stayed on the good side of traffic halting on a curve so far. What is the latest greatest available?

Thank you all!

[Chryco Psycho]

Welcome to the site 
I have done a number of conversions to Cordoba 11.75 " rotors using stock calipers , but I bet you could adapt 4 piston Viper calipers also .
I would also look at Scarebird for options on using common parts & the drum spindles you already have on the car .

[hanksemenec]

We got our Cuda with brake conversion already done. It took a bit of time to figure out what was actually done. I stumbled across this source http://arengineering.com/tech/mopar-musclecar-brake-upgrade/ . The spindles are the short ones with correct casting numbers 3402626 and 3402627, rest of the parts just came of Cordoba.

[MoparLeo]

Here is the link to the most used all Factory Mopar Parts conversion information. All stock parts, no "kits" or special "mounting plaes" Just proven, Mopar stuff. Happy braking. For mountain driving where there is constant heating up of the brake fluid, Change the fluid often and/or go synthetic. Brake fluid is hygroscopic, it absorbs water which lowers the boiling point of the fluid eventually to the boiling point of water, 212 °. Can you say "pedal to the floor !"