64 dart brake/suspension upgrade

I'm a brake snob. I really dislike and distrust sliding calipers. They are a constant maintenance item if you want them operating at their best all of the time. They're also not terribly rigid. I'm also the guy that designed the hub forgings that the wilwood FDB kit's use (converted the previous casting design to a forging in '00 or '01). I like the general wilwood concept because of the lower unsprung weight, but they do have some considerations.

What I don't like about most of the wilwood calipers for street use is the lack of dust boots. Dust boots are a FVMSS or DOT requirement. You folks in states where you have annual/bi-annual inspections, lacking these may be a problem - dunno, don't live there. To the best of my knowledge the DynaPro's, and not every p/n at that, are the only wilwood calipers with dust boots. At one time there were some other calipers slated to get the dust boots, but I've no info on that - so research is required.

I consider the venerable Dynalite to be a drag car only caliper. Some of their other calipers will linearly modulate lightyears better. The caliper named above would be a decent jumping-off point for this if it is an interest or concern. Take a hard look at what is really used in road racing, those are the calipers to use, not the Dynalite's.

I like AR Engineering's brackets to put wilwood calipers on the OE rotors (what I'm running with DynaPro's), I just have to wonder at why steel? They weigh a ton more than they need to. If it weren't for their plating I'd have already clamped them in the mill and given them an extreme lipo-suction.

There are also some non-aftermarket options, but those all will require a custom bracket. Some of those brackets could be extremely simple to fab at home.