Drum brake upgrade

[Den's Dart]

Guys, I apologize in advance if I missed anything already discussed but I didn't find anything to answer my question other than MAJOR upgrades.

I have a 70 Dart "swinger" I say "Swinger" because it started life as a basic /6 car that someone P.O. cloned. Anyways, it has the small drums all around. I am on a VERY tight budget (bloody wife and kids wanna eat occasionally!) so I am wondering what (if anything) can be done to upgrade the performance of the brakes on the cheap? I relaize I need to go through them with a fine tooth comb but while I am tearing into them I am wondering what I may be able to add or tweak to imporove the performance.

Sure eventually I would love to convert to discs but as I said it isn't in the cards right now. Not expecting the thing to stop on a dime but perhaps on a football field would be good!

Thoughts and suggestions anyone?

Dennis

 

[rumblefish360]

What rear end is in it now?

 

[cudajim]

Do you have 9" or 10" brakes?

 

[cudamark]

If you plan to have power discs in the future, you could add the booster assy. now to lessen the pedal effort. Other than that, anything else would be a waste of time, effort and money unless you have a complete 10 drum brake setup just sitting in your garage. If you choose to keep it manual brakes, you could put a master cylinder with a smaller diameter bore. This will also lessen the effort needed to stop the car.