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DRUM BRAKES? ON FRONT??........To be drum brakes or not to be???
I have a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T 440 HP. Well, when I purchased the car the motor was gone. But what I do not understand is that the car has drum brakes on the front. I thought that a R/T Charger with a 440 HP would have disk on the front. Does anyone have any info as to why this is or how rare this might be?
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Not rare, just ordered that way. Most old timers were still not buying up new tech like power or disc brakes or auto trannies.
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The discs were not part of the RT option. I've seen many Charger R/Ts and Challenger R/Ts with drum fronts. Heck, at one point, I even had a '70 Challenger R/T 440+6 and it had the factory drums. It also was not a custom/factory order, it was a standard dealership build up.
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Discs were an option. And as stated above they weren't part of the R/T package. Although I've had 4 68-69 B bodies with the Bendix 4 piston calipers and discs, and they were not reliable in the least. The seals were forever going south, bores would wear - just plain bad. The later trick was to hone them and insert a steel sleeve . This was 100% better. However, used the 71up E body or 73 up A body spindle and get the unicasts on there. I've changed my current road runner and Charger over and they are excellent!
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ALOT of old-timers, new-timers and newbies still prefer drums at the drag strip.
They are far better for staging and uNless you have a high $$ set-up - discs can cost you BIG TIME in the 60 foot ET. |
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WELL, DUH !!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Your welcome. I hate to disapoint you know.
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