Hey guys, what's the easiest and cheapest way to convert my 54 to front disc brakes? Do I need to switch to a firewall mounted booster and master cylinder to convert this? I'm putting a carburated 91 5.0 roller motor in this and want it to whoa when I want it to.
Thanks

 

Are you using the stock I-beam front axel & 5 1/2" wheel lug spacing?

 

Yes, I want a bolt on non-powered disc brake conversion. I may do the Mustang II conversion way done the road but have too many things to buy and fix for that expense and work right now.

 

I used the Disc brake kit from Classic Performance, is uses G.M. truck calipers and Ford F-150 rotors. The kit is almost a bolt-in kit using the stock I-beam axel & spindles. There are a few other vendors selling a similar kit.

With any kit for disc brakes you will need to replace the master cylinder to suit the disc/drum combination and to gain the safety from a dual reservoir.
You can go manual or power brakes, either under the floor or on the firewall.
A new manual master cylinder under the floor would probably be the easiest and cheapest. You will need to add a proportioning valve and residual valves to the master cylinder and new plumbing to make these pieces fit. Chances are the brake lines and fittings need work by now , if they are old or original.

 

I have a non power disc drum underfloor MC setup I'm taking off my truck in the next couple weeks if you want to save some money. I have gone to hanging pedal firewall mount MC power setup.

 

AXracer,
Tell me what you have, bolt pattern, you buy or build it yourself? How old? what do you want for it? The lines , wheel cylinders, Ebrake cable have all been replaced already but I decided to put disc up front.

 

The setup came on the truck when I bought it. The front disks use Chevy hubs rotors and calipers so the bolt pattern is Chevy in front, Ford in the rear. I'm not sure yet which I'll modify to make them the same so I only need 1 spare. The underbody MC setup is a recently installed purchased conversion with dual chamber MC. It looks brand new. The truck came from NM so it never saw weather. I didn't much care for the fact the clutch had a hanging pedal with firewall mounted MC and the brake was thru the floor, nor how hacked up the firewall was from the clutch conversion and my wife didn't like the unboosted brakes so I smoothed the firewall, put in a new set of Camaro hanging pedals with a SS dual diaphram booster, Camaro brake MC and hydraulic clutch setup. I am not removing the whole disk setup, just the underfloor MC, mount and pedal linkage.

 

So what do want for the MC and parts? I love bolt on stuff!!

 

Let me check into it, I'll PM you tomorrow.