![]() Being scared behind the wheel can sometimes be fun, but it's never fun when your car swerves uncontrollably from unequal braking force, or worse, slams into the back of another car. Mostly, we want to heave those old stock drum brakes as far as possible-they are flat-out dangerous when mated to any V-8 mill, let alone our 500ci Indy wedge. We're not going to attack any high-speed road courses with our Dynalite kit up front, but we wouldn't have a problem hitting the Goodguys autocross with them, or hauling the Valiant down from 130-plus mph in the shutdown area of the dragstrip. (GM guys have it even easier as Wilwood also offers scandalously affordable and attractive dual-piston caliper upgrades in D52 and D154 pad designs that maintain the stock discs.) Chances are, they have a Dynalite front kit for your car, whatever the brand or budget. ![]() We're showing you details of our Valiant install here, but know that Wilwood makes application-specific kits for most 1960s and 1970s muscle cars from GM, Ford, and Chrysler. (Strange, RMS, and Summit Racing are good starting points.) The best thing about these systems from Wilwood is that they easily fit inside a 15-inch rim, and in some cases, even 14-inch rims. ![]() Both systems are way, way under a grand a piece, and with a little bit of online searching, you can find both 11-inch systems for even less through mail order. 81-inch vented 11-inch discs up front, and forged four-piston DynaPro calipers with 11-inch hats (with integral parking brake drums) in the rear. These consist of Wilwood's forged four-piston Dynalite calipers mated to a pair of. ![]() Fortunately, there are some very affordable options for us that fit inside our chosen 15-inch Coker steel wheels and redline tires-both of them from Wilwood. With the handling duties fully covered by a Reilly Motorsports' (RMS) AlterKtion front coilover suspension and Street-Lynx rear four-link suspension, we now turn our attention to the brakes. With that kind of power on tap, we need to be able to safely slow and turn this thing without cashing in the life insurance policy. ![]()
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