mhaymes67

I have a '67 coupe 6 cyl. 4 lug.
I found someone on CL selling a '71 Mach 1 disc brake setup... He claims that it is a direct bolt on and that all I need to do differently is 70-71 tie rod ends.
Can anyone confirm or refute this???
I really would like to pull the trigger on this, but I don't wanna get stuck with something that won't work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

houtex

If you get the spindles and calipers, then yes, it should be a direct bolt on, just remove your current 6 cyl spindles and put these on your current upper/lower control arms, the discs, and calipers.

However, the tie rod end statement is not quite true. The entire steering linkage has to be swapped out. The tie rod studs for the spindles are too small for the v6. That means you need the v8 tie rod on the spindle. The v8 is a bigger part, so that then propagates to the entire linkage. Inner and outer tie rods, sleeves, drag link, pitman arm, idler arms all need swapping. You can keep the steering box and shaft.

The other problem is now you'll either have to have 5 lugs up front and 4 in back, or swap out the axles. This is typically done with an entire rear end swap. That might also mean drive shaft changes.

You'll want a proportioning valve, and might want to consider a dual reservoir master cylinder, and while you're at it, a brake booster is a good idea.

And of course, the 5 lug wheels.

That's about all on the budgetary version of front disc brakes.

You might consider something like this for your car:

http://www.mustangdepot.com/OnLineCa...kes/dbc-sd.htm

This would keep everything you got the way you have it. Since you don't seem to be running the standard steel wheels, this would be an easier thing to do, keeps it four lug all the way around and upgrades the brakes. Just FYI. Still would consider the PB/MC setup too.

mhaymes67