Hello, I have a 67 Camaro that I would like to convert the front manual drum brakes to disc. I have done some research but there are so many options I need help separating the necessities from the overkill. I will only be driving my car about 2000 miles per year for pleasure driving and going to car shows.
The important items to me are, I would like to keep the stock spindles if possible and would rather not have a booster on my master cylinder. Is this possible with any of the kits? I have narrowed my search down to Wilwood and SSBC. Any help would be appreciated.

I 'm not sure about wilwood or ssbc , but i do know there are kit's available that allow you to use the stock drum brake spindle.

By the way welcome to team camaro.

Somebody line this guy out, I'm just about to mine back from the body shop and once I get rims picked out am in the same predicament

Don,

Wilwood has the kit you need. You can use stock drum spindles. I have a brake booster on my car but you can install yours without it. Check my picture link below for some pictures of my 4 wheel disc set up. I purchased the kit from Hotrod USA...the guys name is Dean.

http://www.hotrodsusa.com/

I went with Wilwood Dynalite Big Brake (link below) and I am about to wrap it up (see pic below). Wilwood recommends running this setup without a booster. The kit fits your stock spindles. I also happened to go with Wilwood master cylinder. If you go with this kit, make sure you get some safety/locking wire and safety wire pliers as the kit does not include this but the installation instructions call for it left and right. Also most parts stores don't even know what safety wire is but Summit/Jegs have what you need. Last, the black rotors will self polish to a chorme/silver finish after a few miles of driving/braking.

http://www.wilwood.com/BrakeKits/Pages/06/index.asp

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Hey, thanks alot. This gives me some good information to keep moving on the project.

Just because a kit isn't listed online doesn't mean it's not available. Matt's Classic Bowties has helped me with anything I've requested. Since their power disc conversion is under $500 with new spindles and steering arms, I would think that they could get you a non-power setup for a few bucks less with new spindles and steering arms which would make it look cleaner and probably cost the same if not less than some other kits where you keep your spindles but usually have to grind them. They carry SSBC and Baer and probably Wilwood as well so that's still an option. Take a few minutes to talk to them on the phone and you'll be happy.

We do the majority of our Wilwood / Prodigy Customs Total Car G Machine Brake Packages as manual brake applications. Wilwood brakes are designed to be manula systems. There are many threads on TC about how nice the manul brakes feel.

Give us a call. We can get you what you need and make sure it all works.

Check it out here

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=146737

Talk to Frank at Prodigy, he is a straight shooter and willing to give advice whether he sells or not. He has helped me out with my brakes. I bought my fronts from a guy online, and Frank helped me out with the set up for brackets and lines. He didn't sell me the front brakes and I am pretty sure he made about $0 bucks off me. With that kind of help, it was a no-brainer to go back for the rears when I was ready. I love my willwoods, stops so well I can nearly kill the motor when I lock them up.
Chris.
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I went with wilwood, but I did all 4 wheels. The setup came from Prodigy. I talked with Frank both before and after the purchase. He is a great resource for any questions that you will have. And you will have some :confused:, the customer service from Prodigy is great.:thumbsup:

Talk to Frank at Prodigy, he is a straight shooter and willing to give advice whether he sells or not. He has helped me out with my brakes. I bought my fronts from a guy online, and Frank helped me out with the set up for brackets and lines. He didn't sell me the front brakes and I am pretty sure he made about $0 bucks off me. With that kind of help, it was a no-brainer to go back for the rears when I was ready. I love my willwoods, stops so well I can nearly kill the motor when I lock them up.
Chris.


Chris, what size rotors are those?

Off the top of my head....uh...13" +\-.

I am having trouble getting my Wilwood dynalite hub setup assembled on 1970 front end. I cut away the spindles as shown in the instructions, but they still block the bolts that are included to mount the caliper to the bracket. I called Wilwood and they suggested I cut more off the spindle. That worries me. If I cut away much more, there won't be any structure to support the weight of the car. Anyone have a picture of how much spindle they cut away to make this work? Thanks...

Don you didn't say what kind of wheels you currently have or if you will be purchasing new ones. Some of the 14" stock Wheels could be a tight fit with disk calipers.