Dart Discbrake upgrade

1973 Dodge Dart - C-body discbrake upgrade
1973 Dodge Dart - C-body discbrake upgrade

The existing brakes on the ’73 Dart are doing their job fairly well, but the parts were getting old and worn. And when at one time I noticed a slight pull on the steeringwheel, because of a front brake caliper sticking, I decided it was time for an upgrade, since the rotors were wearing a little thin aswell.
The original disc rotors are 10.5″ orso in size, and just under an inch thick.
Since I had some fullsize Chrysler rotors at hand, I tried to see if it’s was possible to retrofit such an C-body brake system to an A-body Mopar.
After some trial mock-ups I decided it was very well possible so I went ahead with the upgrade.
The ’73 C-body rotors are a hefty 11.75″ in diameter, with an 1.25″ thickness. Plenty of heatsink-iron there.
I also used ’73 calipers, which have a larger bore than the ’73 Dart calipers. This would also rebalance the bias in the brakesystem again a bit to the frontwheels. Ever since the rearaxle-upgrade I’ve been noticing the rearbrakes wanting to lock-up fairly easy on wet roads and stiff braking.

The spindles had to be sleeved larger, so the larger C-body rotor-bearings would fit properly again.

The old master cylinder was replaced in favor of a new modern-style Mopar Performance master-cylinder with a slightly larger bore to supply the larger front calipers aswell.

All in all, this is not a real ‘upgrade’, since the entire brakesystem has become heavier than stock, but I’ve saved myself from having to buy all new parts, and just used what I already had laying around.
Added bonus is that I’m now using the exact same brake-rotor on all my discbrake converted cars!




2 Comments

  1. Hey Die Herman, dat ziet er wel stoer uit zo, heb jij toevallig die oude handel hub, tang en zo nog over. Zo ja dan heb ik daar wel i nteresse in voor mijn ’32 Plymouth

    Ik hoor het wel

    gr

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