Greetings. Does anyone know or remember if the 65-66 four piston fixed caliper front disc's that used a single bowl that was larger than the drum single bowl had a single outlet from the MC incorporating a tee or x to feed the front and back lines? Did the MC use a RPV. And was it manual or power? Thanks

 

It appears there is a single line coming from the master cylinder to the proportioning valve in the left fender. That is what splits the front disk from the rear drum brakes. I can not tell from my manual if the master cylinder is a different bore size. But a call or stop in at an autoparts store will tell you.

Good luck,

 

Thanks for the reply. Working on a 65 drum/drum car. Trying to gain/learn all I can about our braking system so as to have a base line. I tend to over research things. Gettin' all hellbent, I guess. I'm gonna have to pick up the shop manual from my local supply haus to add to the library. Thanks again

 

I've got a '66 drum/drum car. If you go disks let me know what you decide. I'm having a heck of a time deciding, other than I am definitely not going with Granada spindles. Limits your options on suspension and brakes. All ready picked up a nice set of V8 drum spindles. Looking at using the Cobra disk calipers on 12" rotors. Just haven't had the time to "research" it out yet.
BTW: imo there's no such thing as too much research.

Have fun!

 

Greetings. Try RCMotorsports.net and get to page 13. Very interesting. Maybe that set-up with a 65 disc single bowl MC would be the quickest way out. Seems that most are deathly afraid of the single bowl. My car has been on the road 40 years with a single bowl. I gotta pick up the shop manual. Is it the one that has an orangish cover and covers the mustang, falcon and comets? About an inch thick? I'm not real keen on the Granada either. Interesting note is that the inner and outter front wheel bearing interchange with some GM amd Dodge cars. To expand on that, I've heard of some falconeers running camaro front disc's. Huh? Another note about the RC disc conversion is that one guy said that his wheel moved inboard. didn't say how much. That is not a bad thing when the car is lowered. Helps to get the wheels tucked in. I assume that his disc rotors are ford but the calipers may be GM metric single piston. A phone call to him will verify all. Also try Mustangplus.com Peace out.

 

And another thing. SSBC sells what appears to be a front disc coversion based on the old four piston Kelsey-hayes set-up. Not sure if their fixed calipers or not but the 65-66's were, IIRC. SSBC sell the caliper brackets for fifty each. If you look hard at the RCMotorsport page, you'll see that the bracket are simple. I assume that they are fixed also. No big either way. " research" . Ah, the key to restful sleep.

 

Thanks for the input!
I've got a manual trans car, so I've got to be careful with the PB/MC. I will go dual reservior MC for two reasons:
1). Looks. Lets face it half of what we do is so that other people go Oohhhh!
2). if you lose a front or rear line or cylinder it only effects that axle. It's definitely not the MC I'm worried about. They always give you plenty of notice if you pay attention. Never seen one just "fail". but I have seen the results of a wheel cylinder, and also a line crack that caused two people to lose their brakes. Both low speed crashes that could have been avoided by using the "E" brake.

The other thing I want is all components to be Ford related. On that note I think I'm going to make a "research" trip to the local wrecking yard, with my camera and tape measure.

Please keep me posted on what you decide to do.

Thanks,

 

Keep your eye open for the mid-seventies Maverick. The 67 and up manual disc dual bowl MC is what most go with. The distribution block cam come from just about any car. It'll be the thing that is brass inbetween the MC and the lines. It has the 10# RPV built-in. I once had a 55 Ford sedan that I swapped the entire front and rear brakes from a 70 LTD. I used the front disc's but used a 70 Ford Truck Manual fr. disc MC. So yeah, a littlr research goes a long way. Deep down I know that the dual bowl is best. Just have to gently modify the lines at the MC.Nobig. Happy hunting.