I decided to put discs on the back of this thing after giving it a lot of thought. I want it to bring really good money and I don't want any thing left undone. I had the turbo coupe stuff off of red rocket sitting in storage, so I grabbed the discs and calipers/pads/brackets off of it and then called North Race cars (northracecars.com). This rear end has 9 inch ends on it, so it required a different bracket to work with these disc brakes and the 9 inch bearings. they sent them to me and although it took some massaging and cutting a notch to slide over the axle flange, since the bearings were already pressed on, they worked perfectly. I cleaned up the rotors and the calipers so when it finally warms up and stays warm, I can paint the front and rear calipers. I also gutted the metering block and used the plug I got off of ebay. I have an adjustable proportioning valve on its way, should be here Wednesday. I'll install it and we'll bleed the brakes and it should be ready to go onto the dyno.
Today I got a really nice kit from LMR, has the special brake cables, brackets, and handle cable for a disc conversion. I got the cables on, now I get to disassemble the entire interior I just assembled to get the damn parking brake handle out to modify it. Oh well.
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