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Mar 30, 2008 | 05:17 PM

pigcop

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From: Mchigan

Brake Swap

I have a 72 mach. It has power brakes, disks in the front, and drums in the back. How hard is it to swap the drums for disks? It's a street driver. Is it worth it to do the swap or should I save some money and go with 11 inch drums?

Mar 30, 2008 | 05:43 PM

67t5ponycoupe

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RE: Brake Swap

Rear discs are very high on the cool factor meter but for street driving I don't think it is worth the price.

Mar 30, 2008 | 08:48 PM

andrewmp6

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RE: Brake Swap

Rear disc are nice and look good with a set of rims that let you see them.Its up to you id leave it drums in the back but you can go disc.

Mar 30, 2008 | 11:33 PM

Aussie66Fastback

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RE: Brake Swap

i'd spend the money on improving the front brakes...they do most of the work anyway.

What size wheels are you running?

Discs under rear wheels might rate on the cool meter but imo nothing looks worse that massive wheels with little itty bitty stock brakes under them.

Mar 31, 2008 | 08:46 AM

pigcop

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RE: Brake Swap

My plan is to upgrade the front discs. Probably go with a wilwood setup. I'm also looking to go with a 17" wheel that kind of looks like the old kelsey hayes magstar. So I don't think that the discs will be very visible. All three answers here are kind of what I was thinking, so thanks for the reinforcement.