12:05 Garage- ’70 Duster build

I still have a bunch of parts to collect, rotors, pads, cerakote to paint the calipers, wheels spacers, etc. There's an event here locally around a large lake with multiple checkpoints throughout happening in March. Total mileage will probably be around 150 miles. I don't think I'll do this upgrade before then. I'll try my brackets of course, and I want to take a close look at the lines and how they will connect to the rotor. I'm not a fan of how the hose pulls on the banjo fitting (even with my current setup). The aftermaket fittings don't seem to have much surface area and I feel they can deflect when at full lock with the tension of the hose (unless I use a really long hose). I'm thinking I may run a hard line from the caliper to a fitting captured on a bracket welded to the caliper adapter, then have the hose connect to that. This would eliminate the tension pulling directly on the banjo mounted to the caliper. I'm restoring a Porsche right now for a friend and that's how those cars are setup.

My understanding is the best way to run the hoses is so that they cross the centerline of the spindle. I guess this gives the best chance of not stretching the hose or rubbing on anything. That’s how Mopar set up the original brakes, and most everything I have looked at recently was done that way.

I set mine up with the calipers on the back side of the spindle to match the original location of the caliper on the car they came off. My hose is an “S” curve and seems to work ok, I think it might even be how the car the calipers came off of was done. But I think I might swap things back to the front if I make a change.