'67 Dodge Polara Disc Brake Conversion

[Mike Byrne]

Looking to buy a 1967 Dodge Polar with brake booster and dual MC. New drum brakes all the way around. Is the stopping power with this set-up good enough for a Sunday driver? I assume the disc conversion would be about 1K and I am not ready for that expense.

 

[Davea Lux]

Looking to buy a 1967 Dodge Polar with brake booster and dual MC. New drum brakes all the way around. Is the stopping power with this set-up good enough for a Sunday driver? I assume the disc conversion would be about 1K and I am not ready for that expense.

As long as your Sunday drives are not 1/4 mile at a time your drum brakes are more than adequate. We drove these cars with drum brakes when they were new and the brakes will work fine as long as they are properly maintained. The main advantage of Disc brakes is that they do not overheat and fade on repeated hard stops or going down long steep down grades. Discs are also nice if you are pulling a trailer. Otherwise you should be fine with the stock drums.

Dave

 

[Carmine]

As long as your Sunday drives are not 1/4 mile at a time your drum brakes are more than adequate. We drove these cars with drum brakes when they were new and the brakes will work fine as long as they are properly maintained. The main advantage of Disc brakes is that they do not overheat and fade on repeated hard stops or going down long steep down grades. Discs are also nice if you are pulling a trailer. Otherwise you should be fine with the stock drums.

Dave

 

[live4theking]

I'm in agreement with Dave. They will do fine as long as you don't tailgate or drag race. We've got lots of hill in western pa and mine are fine.

 

[Zymurgy]

I love my disc conversion, but those drums are just fine. I see you are in Kansas City, if memory serves me correctly a relatively flat city, so no real challenge for the drums.

 

[Mike Byrne]

I love my disc conversion, but those drums are just fine. I see you are in Kansas City, if memory serves me correctly a relatively flat city, so no real challenge for the drums.

Good to hear! Had an A-Body Valiant and paid for the disc conversion and got very little safety improvement Thanks

 

[LocuMob]

Good to hear! Had an A-Body Valiant and paid for the disc conversion and got very little safety improvement Thanks

I have the Disc-o-tech article and parts for my Dart, but that might go quicker than the Polara, which does just fine with drums.