- Joined
- Jun 27, 2012
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- Location
- Rhode Island
- My Car
- 1972 Mustang Convertable
302 v2 FMX 2.79 rear end
After 15 + years I finally got rid of the 4 wheel manual drum brakes.
I do a lot of long rides in the car, and the fact that all new cars stop quick on the highways made me panic every time we went out for long rides, so I broke down this year and bought the Power disc conversion kit from www.GPSBrakes.com , it uses the stock drum spindles, this kit was very easy to install and setup, I did buy the rear disc kit also but had to return it because of interference with the rims ( I didn't want to upgrade wheels, not this year)
The Guys at GPS answered all of my questions ahead of time, and were great to work with, and their pre purchase support is what sold me on their kit.
it took about 2 hours to swap over both wheels, and about 5 hours to remove the Master cylinder, the Pedal assy, the manual brake plate for the firewall, and reinstall everything and bleed the system, thank god my son didn't mind getting under the dash for me to help removing the reinstalling the pedal!!
I bought a Power brake Pedal and power brake firewall plate off Ebay ($10 + S&H) otherwise the kit comes with the parts to relocate the pin on the pedal.
Once I finally got the adjustable valve adjusted for the rear brakes, the car stops Straight, and Fast!!
I'm very pleased with this package, Upgrade wroth wild!!!
http://gpsbrakes.com/ag-645546.645576.645577-1972-ford-mustang.html
Now the Last part which is for esthetics only is the New brake pedal pad which says "Disc Brakes"
I do a lot of long rides in the car, and the fact that all new cars stop quick on the highways made me panic every time we went out for long rides, so I broke down this year and bought the Power disc conversion kit from www.GPSBrakes.com , it uses the stock drum spindles, this kit was very easy to install and setup, I did buy the rear disc kit also but had to return it because of interference with the rims ( I didn't want to upgrade wheels, not this year)
The Guys at GPS answered all of my questions ahead of time, and were great to work with, and their pre purchase support is what sold me on their kit.
it took about 2 hours to swap over both wheels, and about 5 hours to remove the Master cylinder, the Pedal assy, the manual brake plate for the firewall, and reinstall everything and bleed the system, thank god my son didn't mind getting under the dash for me to help removing the reinstalling the pedal!!
I bought a Power brake Pedal and power brake firewall plate off Ebay ($10 + S&H) otherwise the kit comes with the parts to relocate the pin on the pedal.
Once I finally got the adjustable valve adjusted for the rear brakes, the car stops Straight, and Fast!!
I'm very pleased with this package, Upgrade wroth wild!!!
http://gpsbrakes.com/ag-645546.645576.645577-1972-ford-mustang.html
Now the Last part which is for esthetics only is the New brake pedal pad which says "Disc Brakes"