66 Fury III spindle replacement

[jtalberts]

So I am learning as I go with this car I purchased. I luckily have a neighbor who has been around the block and is giving me some guidance. He was telling me that if I wish to upgrade to disc brakes, I will need to get different spindles for the front end. I know there is a conversion plate from scarebird, but what spindles on existing cars that I might find at a salvage yard would fit the 66 Fury? He mentioned I could save a lot of money taking them off the front end of a junked car.

 

[Scotty]

So I am learning as I go with this car I purchased. I luckily have a neighbor who has been around the block and is giving me some guidance. He was telling me that if I wish to upgrade to disc brakes, I will need to get different spindles for the front end. I know there is a conversion plate from scarebird, but what spindles on existing cars that I might find at a salvage yard would fit the 66 Fury? He mentioned I could save a lot of money taking them off the front end of a junked car.

I recently installed a Scarebird kit on my '68 Polara, it is very inexpensive, you can keep you original spindles, and all the brake components are easy to find "off the shelf".

 

[jtalberts]

What did the whole thing cost you?

 

[Scotty]

What did the whole thing cost you?

The Scarebird kit was $160 if I recall, all the brake components (hub & rotor assemblies, bearings, calipers, brake pads, rubber brake lines, master cylinder, and a couple other misc things) were about $300-$400. I figured multi-piston calipers, as those that come in the other aftermarket kits would be a bit of overkill for my purposes. The kit for my Polara uses mid '90's Dodge 1/2 ton pick-up calipers... plenty of stop for a non- track car.

 

[67-Fury]

yea I went with scarebird also its cheap and uses common parts or you can find a 73 c body with front disk brakes

 

[Alchemi]

The only downside to the scarebird kit is weight, tis very heavy - not far off what the factory setup is - if only they had sourced a lighter caliper.
I got a complete set of '71 disks inc hubs recently (for my 68 with drums) and am considering not fitting them, the drums are way lighter
Also, if you dont have 15 inch wheels, you will need them to clear the brakes
At the end of the day you only -need- disks if you want to do an extended period of repeated hard braking (racing) -people tow with the drums quite comfortably