Originally posted by Doug:
Jarret, 4 wheel drums are a death trap. My buddy has a 69 chevelle with a seriously hopped up 350. Ladder bar suspension, racing 3 speed etc. 4 wheel drums on the damned thing. It's a bloody death trap. I'll go for rips in it once in a while, he'll get up to 140 in a blink of an eye, trying to stop he has to fight the wheel the whole time. terrible stopping distance. I told him I refuse to ride in it untill he gets front discs. I wouldn't trust them to hold me on a hill on the trail.
hehe....They usually hold me back on the hills, except for when they heat up after about 50 feet of downhill
. Your friend is completely insane(or possibly a little stupid, not trying to be insulting) to have that kind of performance and only drum brakes. Does he have a death wish? At least my truck is still stock for power. I find that if I hit the brakes they stop me quicker than the brakes on my car(disc). I have no problem locking all 4 wheels on the truck, as long as the brakes aren't too hot. The main problem I have with them is when I am going quickly down gravel and service roads, they tend to unadjust themselves. I have been looking at doing a disc conversion, but recently discovered som unimog axles for sale, that would be really nice to put under my truck. Unfurtunately they have drums as well
, but my friend that has a mog sayes he has never noticed any brake fade from heating the drums up. They are
[email protected]#ing huge drums on those things. I would get a lift and better aslxe out of that swap
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1974 Dodge W100 Power Wagon
Looks beaten up but it's fun.
Slowly becoming less original, 31" tires, 360 2bbl V8, TF727 3 speed auto, NP205 T-case Dana 44 front, Chrysler 8 3/4" rear with detroit locker