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I did the Scarebird conversion on my 65 several years ago. Back then I had about $500 in it, plus a little more to have the hubs redrilled for 4.5” bolt pattern. Now I think it might be more cost effective to buy a complete bolt on kit with later knuckles and large ball joint upper A arms...

I replumbed all of my front brake hard lines with the stuff. Absolutely love it. Easy to work with and very forgiving.

That's my working theory also. Something is already a little close and then gets tighter as the pads or rotors or something else heats up. I have the Green bearings. New axels and narrowed housing built by Moser. Thanks.

How are your Right Stuff brakes working out? I have the same kit on my 8 3/4 and although the braking ability is great I can't seem to eliminate this terrible growling noise I get after driving for a while. Hope you've had better luck.

I have the Scarebird conversion on the front and the Right Stuff on the rear. I use an adjustable proportioning valve and ran all new brake lines front to back. I'm still dialing in the rears. I had drums before. I've had a terrible time getting the Right Stuff rears to settle in. They...

Thanks for the info. Did you have to open up the center register on your drums also, or just re-drill for 5x4.5"?

You have stock 10 x 1.75 drums? Were they custom axels from Dr Diff or the off-the-shelf BBP A-body ones?

Swapped out my Moser 35 spline axels/spools yesterday with a suregrip and the Dr Diff axles and discovered that my new BBP A-body 8 3/4 axles from Dr. Diff will not work with my existing 10" x 1.75" redrilled drum setup. I'd like to go disk on the rear but all the kits are so expensive. The 11 x...

Here is the write up I did on my Scarebird conversion. I'm really happy with this setup. Since I did this document I've changed to the two post light weight aluminum MC and 10" drums on the back. I think if it had vacuum assist it would be like braking on any modern car. Regardless, the...

I think that if you don't already have all of the drum brake hardware for your rearend, a kit like this is a bargain. Backing plates, drums, hardware, parking brake struts, pads, etc add up quick. And that's 10.5" drums. 11" is even worse.

These are the docs I received from the Ebay seller. Looks like the axel retaining plate is sandwiched between two of the brackets so it is NOT pulled out and apparently sits at the normal location as the first bracket replaces the normal drum backing plate.....does that make sense?

Def not Scarebirds. I run those on the front. I received the install guide. Seems very straight forward. It does require you to set the parking brake each time you park to keep the calipers adjusted. Apparently a requirement for the GM calipers that are used.

Thanks for the feedback and the great pics. Looks like a clean install. Looking at your pictures it appears those adapters may pull the axel out a 1/4" or more. Is that the case? Thank!

There is a very inexpensive kit on Ebay. Anybody familiar with this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/mopar-8-3-4-dana-60-rear-disc-brake-conversion-/230575563732?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35af5fe3d4&vxp=mtr I'm going to send them a message and request install doc or more...

Scarebird- I found all my parts on RockAuto pretty easily. Try to find parts all shipping from The same RockAuto warehouse and you'll save on shipping. Wheels- I used 14" mopar steelies.

Probably a MS from a 73-74 front disc car. Try Rockauto and see what they list for a 73 duster or dart with factory front disc, rear drums. You may need a proportioning valve as well. Check out inline tube for prop valve/distribution block if you don't have one installed already...

I used off the shelf brake lines from NAPA and just bent them up to fit. On the long run from the prop valve to the back I was able to join two long pieces from NAPA with the proper compression fitting. Worked out great.

I did the Scarebird conversion on the front of my 65 Valiant. There is a complete write-up at this link; http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=165237&highlight=scarebird

I did it on my 65. Wasn't too bad. Had the discs redrilled at a machine shop for $20.00. Everything else I did myself. I did a complete write-up here; http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=165237&highlight=scarebird Good luck

I just did the Scarebird drum to disc conversion on my 65 Valiant which should be nearly identical to your Cuda. I have about $500 in the complete job including new steel lines throughout and master cylinder. I was able to use stock steel 14" wheels with small bolt pattern. Mine was very much a...

To my surprise one wheel fit perfect, no grinding required. The other side needed very little. Contact between the caliper and the steelie was toward the inside of the wheel not at the top of the rim as I expected. There was a little bit of a protrusion on the outside of the caliper that can be...

thank you jtolbert for hosting the doc. http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/misc/fabo/scarebird-conversion-guide.pdf abodyjoe- Parts list and prices are all documented in the above doc. My total cost was around $500. That cost includes tools and a few items you may not need. New/longer wheel...

The file is a .pdf, composed in Open Office and then coverted. It's a monster as it stands at about 7MB. I'm going to try and compress it down to be hostable friendly. Thanks jtolbert. I'll take you up on the offer. Just don't want to kill your bandwidth with this pig. Let me see if I can...

I just completed the conversion on my 65 Valiant using the adapters from Scarebird Classic Brakes and wanted to share my experience with the FABO community. I've written a complete document with some step by steps and photos as I felt the documentation provided by Scarebird was too weak in...