Any drawback to keeping the drum spindles on my 66 Valiant?

72bluNblu said
For me I just don’t see spending all that money and not upgrading to the larger ball joints and spindles. Also, do look at whether those brake kits are compatible with your wheels. The Wilwoods in particular now have a very large hub, and require the wheel to have a 3.050” hub bore. Not that many wheels actually meet that spec, it limits your choices significantly.

I had not realized that! Kind of defeats the purpose of having drillings for both 4.0 and 4.5 BC doesn't it? I was looking to use the Wheel Vintiques 69 series Police wheels but also capable of fitting the my Formula S 14" OEM wheels (for shows). I am not looking to build a g-machine but maybe have a little time doing open-track. But in any case I was going to stay around 11" rotors. I like the 4-piston calipers and have a pair of K-H calipers in the box. That's why I was also looking at Leed. I ran K-H on my Boss 302 when I was open tracking it.

Do all the later disk spindles add the same amount of track width to the front end versus the earlier 10" drum spindles?

Thanks again - Jim This is what I have now:

Valiant 96_2 by Jim Harris, on Flickr