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Upgrade for Existing Factory Disc Brakes?

AGillySuit

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I have a 1969 Satellite/pseudo Road Runner mongrel of a car that I am building. It has a factory manual front disc, rear drum setup. Standard calipers.

I am looking to see what is around for caliper/brake upgrades for the front but it seems like all I can find info on is drum-to-disc conversions. The factory setup is... fine, it works, but I wanted to see about giving it a little bit more stopping power while still fitting behind the stock wheels. It's going to be putting down a fair bit of power so I need it to stop nicely.

I'm not above piecing together some sort of custom deal but I wanted to see what everyone has done. I am trying to keep it relatively close to factory, at least visually, while improving where I can.
 
What do you mean by standard calipers? How many pistons are on your calipers?
factory set up utilizes a bendix 4 piston caliper
 
There was no factory manual disc on a 69 B-body.

Can you photo your calipers?

Either it's added on disc, or he booster was removed.

Factory wheels? 14" or 15"?
 
Email Dr Diff your questions, he'll know what will work. (I believe he doesn't answer his phone anymore. )
He has kits up to 13"cobra brakes.
If you are trying to keep 14" wheels, upgrades will be very limited, 15" wheels allow much more room.
 
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