Not this but I've had experience with Kanter. I will never buy anything from them if I can help it.
Many of their parts are junk right out of the box - Chinese crap.
Rubber suspension parts disintegrate on the car without being used. Rocker arms and pushrods are cheapo, etc.
front Brake disc conversion
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Re: front Brake disc conversion
You might try Sarebird, although converting to disc brakes is a waste of time and money in my opinion.
https://scarebird.com/
Discs do not enable your car to stop sooner. The only benefit is that they don't fade / overheat during sustained hard use or repeated high speed braking. Unless you're auto-crossing your car you won't see any benefit to a disc brake conversion under normal driving conditions.
You might also try to obtain the necessary parts from a '67 disc brake car.
https://scarebird.com/
Discs do not enable your car to stop sooner. The only benefit is that they don't fade / overheat during sustained hard use or repeated high speed braking. Unless you're auto-crossing your car you won't see any benefit to a disc brake conversion under normal driving conditions.
You might also try to obtain the necessary parts from a '67 disc brake car.
Re: front Brake disc conversion
They want $1200 for the conversion kit.
For that much money, I'll buy used parts from a salvage yard, recondition them, and have hundreds left over.
I bought an entire parts-car for $300, scalped the discs, engine, transmission, and had the rest hauled away.
A '67 or '68 uses the four-piston calipers and the unobtainium rotors 'n' wheel bearings. You'd want a parts car from '69 to '78. Single-piston calipers are common as dirt, and the rotors and bearings are readily available.
For that much money, I'll buy used parts from a salvage yard, recondition them, and have hundreds left over.
I bought an entire parts-car for $300, scalped the discs, engine, transmission, and had the rest hauled away.
A '67 or '68 uses the four-piston calipers and the unobtainium rotors 'n' wheel bearings. You'd want a parts car from '69 to '78. Single-piston calipers are common as dirt, and the rotors and bearings are readily available.
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front Brake disc conversion
In the days when E car junkers came to me, I used to take the whole front suspension
off and give it to owners wanting to convert to front discs. Plenty of service parts
available for the 70s Toro/Eldo. Got tired of hunting for rare parts, would not use
the 60s version.
The 60s cars I drove all had marginal brakes, in my opinion. My 62 Cutlass might
have had the best, easy to stop even without a booster. But driving in the rain was
another story. Once I had to drive through a huge pot hole filled with water on an
entrance ramp. It was deeper than I first realized. I no sooner got on than someone
cut me off and I had to slam on the brakes. The partially wet drums threw the
car around and into the median. Fortunately no damage, I drove off. But I had to
take up dragging the brakes some in the rain, so I could be sure what they would
do. Today every car I own must have front disc brakes, which are better in every
way. Bruce Roe
off and give it to owners wanting to convert to front discs. Plenty of service parts
available for the 70s Toro/Eldo. Got tired of hunting for rare parts, would not use
the 60s version.
The 60s cars I drove all had marginal brakes, in my opinion. My 62 Cutlass might
have had the best, easy to stop even without a booster. But driving in the rain was
another story. Once I had to drive through a huge pot hole filled with water on an
entrance ramp. It was deeper than I first realized. I no sooner got on than someone
cut me off and I had to slam on the brakes. The partially wet drums threw the
car around and into the median. Fortunately no damage, I drove off. But I had to
take up dragging the brakes some in the rain, so I could be sure what they would
do. Today every car I own must have front disc brakes, which are better in every
way. Bruce Roe
Re: front Brake disc conversion
No idea about the brakes, but I got some parts from Kanter and I got no problems with them.
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