<VV> RE: Disk brakes

[Ed Dowds]

Seth also asked:
Ed - Did you use the Celebrity calipers? Are you running stock rear drums? 
How was the end product, as far as braking force? Did you have any problems 
bleeding the calipers? Which master cylinder did you use?
Us inquiring minds want to know. - Seth

I hesitate to judge much about how well the brakes operate as this install 
was done on a '34 Ford streetrod.
Right now the car has a '56 Chevy rear with the '56 11" brakes.
I didn't have any problem bleeding the brakes even though the master is 
under the floor on the '34. There shouldn't be any problem on a Corvair. We 
did replace the 10lb residual valve with a 2lb for the disk brakes. These 
are more important on a car with a floor mounted master.
The car already had a '67 Mustang master for disk brakes. If I were doing 
the swap on a Corvair I would have used a master from a '68-'69 Camaro with 
disk brakes. It bolts up the same as a '67-'69 Corvair master. I believe it 
is the same casting with a 1 1/8th bore.

I have not driven the car as the friend finished the job after I went home. 
He lives about 60 miles away and I have not gotten back to do a test drive.

              Ed