Geez...this thing can be scary to stop!! I have a '72 with stock brakes and they are not adequate...to say the least.
I've been looking at brake components and upgrade kits and I can't help but see a huge difference between the kit cost and the apparent cost of individual components.
I know that knowledge comes at a price, and I assume that a properly selected kit is going to provide proven balance in performance, but the up-cost seems excessive. I know...welcome to the world of Pantera Pricing!
Anyway, I wanted to know if anybody had pieced together a good braking system out of the Hot Rod parts catalogs. I'm looking for high end street performance since we are lucky to have some nice Rocky Mountain canyons within 30 miles and they are a lot of fun on early summer mornings.
I'm looking for:
High Volume Master Cylinder
Larger Vented Front Rotors
Four Piston Calipers at all four corners
New Proportioning Valve
Your experiences with selecting any of these parts will be appreciated.
Mooso.
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