southern69chevy

Has anyone tried putting late model f-body brakes on a 67-69 camaro or 68-72 nova?

LS1NOVA

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yes, it can be done. The way Im doing it is use drum brake spindles milled down on a brake lathe to fit inside the hat of the 12" rotor. Then mill down the top spindle boss to make it even with the bottom one. I bought the brackets off someone on Pro-touring to mount the calipers. Cheap upgrade.

southern69chevy

I thought it would work. That's a totally different way from what I was thinking. I was thinking about getting the whole hub off the f-body and getting some 2" drop spindles if it would work and fab my own bracket if I had to.

LS1NOVA

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Be careful with drop spindles as its very easy to run into wheel to tie rod clearance issues.

nighthawk15

Oh yeah, it can for sure be done. Car Craft had a whole article on a disk/power brake swap into I think it was a Chevelle from a Caprice a while back (its gonna be a similar deal), but I can't remember the issue.

69 Ghost

The swap is actually very easy. Go to some of the more popular sites for first gens and you will find all the info needed there. You will need an adapter plate that you can make or buy and the have the stock drum hub milled down to fit a 4th gen rotor. There are variations to the theme such as a hybrid with 13 inch rotors, etc. Pro-touring and Lateral-G sites have detailed info. You can also try some of these sites:

http://www.pozziracing.com/cheap_big_brakes.htm

http://www.speedtech-performance.com...r_C4_Rotor.pdf

Depending on how you want to go you should be able to do the front yourself for about $300-$400 and the rear for less. If you want get a kit and spend $500-$700 for front and rear each.

BRPhotrods

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we offer the brake adapter bracket for the front and 1998-2002 F-Body brakes for

$149
fits

1965-1972 A-Body
1967-1969 F-Body
1968-1972 X-Body
http://brphotrods.com/front%20dics%20brakes.html

Rear

$39

any 10 or 12 bolt car rear end from 1965-1981
http://brphotrods.com/Rear%20Brake%20kit.html
I have about 10 sets of pre milled hubs read to go in the shop fo 149 or 110 if you have a core to send back

LS1NOVA

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Southern69, FYI I got my brackets for $50

southern69chevy

You got some pics of the spindle you milled down?

southern69chevy

Also will the camaro hub work on a stock disc spindle or they two different sizes?

1974Nova

Maybe this is a stupid question, but whats the difference suspension wise between 72 and 73-74 X Bodys? There were appearance differences, but I was pretty sure the suspension didn't change until the next generation (1975).

fast

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wondered that too, I seem to recall people using front discs off 73-4s on 1st gen f-bods ... could be wrong though

southern69chevy

Bump for more info lol

LS1NOVA

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Heres a couple pics of a LS1 brake swap on a Nova.

hookemdevils22

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73-74 is the same as 68-72s. in '75 they went to taller one-piece/front steer spindles, and in '68 they used inferior 4-piston calipers (which wouldn't matter in this situation anyway).

and a lot of drop spindles only allow a maximum of around 3-3.5" of backspace. you'd need to check with the manufacturer. i'd go with QA1 coilovers before drop spindles.

finally, the only difference in disc and drum spindles for these cars is the upper mount pad. It's approx .500" taller for drum brakes. You can get it milled, like LS1NOVA did.

http://www.oldengine.org/unfaq/leadfoot/discs.htm

jbsjunk

68-74 are rear steer, but the steering arms unbolt, but 75+ are front steer and are one piece.

zman1969

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LS1NOVA those pics are actually of a C4 swap thats similar to the LS1 swap -I believe you got your brackets from me so if anyone is interested please PM me i can send some pics of my swap on my 69 Firebird - not too tough and can be done alot cheaper than aftermarket swaps for sure