Disc brakes

[Pete]

If you are fine tuning your car for racing, Wilwood has a pedal assembly that can be installed either swing or floor, has dual master cylinders and is bias adjustable.
No need for propotioning valves, different size wheel cylinders etc etc...
It is even modifiedable to be adjustable while racing if need be.(Like rally racing where part of the course is on dirt.)
They also have a mechanical parking brake assembly.

[nomadpsd]

They have been doing disc brakes inside Buick style drums for many years.

[jeepguy1948]

Same with be Jack. I would like to do this because I like the pedal feel of all discs and also simply Cuz I Want to. Very few things are impossible, especially if you have more dollars than sense. I keep turning over rocks in hopes of finding somebody who has done it, that's how I found Mike Hoskins. Mike has what looks to be a great product but he is really hung up because his rotors are in "Supply Chain Hell".

[nomadpsd]

I researched doing disc brakes with stock wheels a few years ago. One of the problems I found, was the shape of the wheel. The wheel contacts the drum at three points. A disc brake rotor would only use two of these points. Also, because of the way the wheel is dished, the rotor would have to have a large offset. I ended up going with a complete Randy Gross cast iron drum setup.
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[jeepguy1948]

Nomad, that's good information. I have a Randy Gross steering box but don't know anything about what they offer for brakes? Thanks, Don

[jeepguy1948]

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So what I would need would be a narrowed front axle to allow room for the disc brakes plus the support rings for the wire wheels.

[GeneBob]

Originally Posted by '28 RPU

So what I would need would be a narrowed front axle to allow room for the disc brakes plus the support rings for the wire wheels.

28,
Not necessarily. If the discs and calipers are offset inboard, the wheel stays where it is. I don't know if this is the case, but it is a possibility.

[Kelly.s]

Originally Posted by jeepguy1948

Has anybody figured out how to do disc brakes (front and/or rear) whike staying with wire wheels (I realize that most any set up will require the re enforcing rings).

So what did you decide. I’m starting a new project that went thru a forest fire, everything is gone.

Kelly

[nkaminar]

I had disk brakes on the back of my Model T. The front, of course, had no brakes. Now, the Model T is much lighter than a Model A, but I used to ride the brakes down steep grades with no ill effects. A stock Model T would have to go into low band and travel down the same grade at 5 mph. So my take on disk brakes is they they are fade resistant and would be handy coming down Pikes Peak.