drums worth it? what do i need

torred0319 said
basically a guy i know was cleaning out a forclosed property there was some mopar parts. He was not sure what they were. I puchased everything for 100 bucks rebuilt e body gear box power steering pump and brackets and 2 original brake assemblies cables were cut and but brakes are complete, And I also got 2 new drums new shoes new wheel cylinders and spring kit. I didnt think i could go wrong. Currently my rear axle is a bare housing clean fresh paint center chunk is original 489 center with new pinion seal and yoke. Only reason i took it apart was it leaked and kinda rusty it has yukon axles and ran quiet. The axle came from a parts car i bought i did drive it he rear axle had fairly new 10x2.5 brakes on it parking brake was not connected did pick up all the parts for the park brake. I also bought new parking brake cables. So basically now i have both 10x2.5 and the 11's.

If you have both sets, and are considering going to 11.75” disks in the front, just install the 11x2.5’s.

Setting up the rear brake bias depends on a lot of factors, you can’t just assume the 11x2.5’s will be too much rear brake. Most people run these cars with bigger tires on the back than the front, which means you can run more brake too. And it depends on ride height, torsion bar and rear spring rates, f/r weight balance, even tire compounds (like if you’re running drag radials out back).

On both of my cars with the 11.75’s and 11x2.5’s I was pretty happy with how the front/rear brake bias worked out. If you want it to be perfect you’d have to install an adjustable prop valve, but that goes for the regular 73+ disks and 10x2.5” brakes too.