Ok AMC/Rambler gurus I have a brake swap question.

[spencnaz]

I have a 1965 Rambler American 440 street sleeper project. It has the stock drums on the front which are old, shot and otherwise totally inadequate for the 350hp 351W I'm putting in there.

I would like to run 15" Dodge cop rims for this car with AMC center caps. However, the rims are too deep for the front end. The inside edge of the rims hit the trunnion/kingpin shaft.

I would like to put some sort of disc brakes on the front, but not have to dig through every junkyard in the county to find something that fits. I would like to know what I can swap on there without any/minimum machining.

What discs from what cars will swap on there? I can alter the stud length and flare the wheel wells a little bit so that's not a problem.

I need more stopping power than a dinky little 9" drum on each side.

 

[Russ]

Well after a quick GOOGLE search I found http://wps.com/AMC/spindles.html and http://www.skidmore.edu/~pdwyer/amc/drumtodisk.htm


Hope this helps. Lots of sites on the web, all you have to do is look

 

[spencnaz]

Hey thanks GRuss, I'll check those out. I want to keep this thing as sort of a 'junkyard jewel' approach.

 

[towcat]

Hey thanks GRuss, I'll check those out. I want to keep this thing as sort of a 'junkyard jewel' approach.

"junkyard jewel"....now that's funny. You know you're dealing with a car that is about the same age as most college student parents and wasn't in production in large number either.
Seriously tho, I watched the changes over the years with my Buick GS's going from "easy to find parts and cheap" to "forget it, I'm not paying that kind of price" parts.

 

[spencnaz]

Who cares? I'm able enough mechanically not to let this issue stop me.

 

[sassyrel]

spenc--amc had disc brakes on the front of those on later years--- i have a set---cant tell you the year though

 

[spencnaz]

Do you have the spindles and trunnions? I know the AMX had disc brakes as early as '68.

 

[sassyrel]

ive got the whole assm---thought about putting these on my trailer in place of the rambler drum brakes--but wont fit!!!!!!!!!!!and ive got the large rambler drums--that were on the front of the matador---

 

[spencnaz]

PM me with your email address. I'd like to see some pictures and we might be able to work out a deal.