68-74 NOVA DISC BRAKE CONVERSION
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2018
- Doing a front disc brake upgrade the the 73 Chevy Nova. #DRNova. This disc brake conversion kit is from POL and comes with everything you need to convert your 68-74 Chevy Nova to front disc brakes. This isn't really a "How to do a disc brake conversion" video but I tried to show every step of the process in as much detail as possible.
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You know it's finna be a banger when the old man is smokin a cig before he gets down and dirty on a car that was new in his youth 💯
I recently got a 1972 Chevy Nova. Your videos and tutorials are super helpful to me, so, thank you for that. (subscribed & notified) Thanks again!!
Thanks for watching Wayne! I love hearing that the videos are helping people. That’s the main reason I started this channel two years ago was so people could follow along and maybe get some insight. Remember most of what I do is the budget way so yes there are more expensive options if you can afford them. But if you’re a middle class working guy like I am then hopefully most of what I do is affordable for you and will lead to an acceptable finished product. If you wanna post some pictures and updates of your Nova build as you do it, join the Bad Luck Garage Facebook group. Link is in the description of every video and we’d love to have you!
its a old video but tanks you for this!!! its simple explain and very nice tricks to know
Glad you found it helpful!
Great info! I’m about to put the same kit on my drag 69. Looks a lot easier than I thought it would be.
Glad it helped
Old school at it's best. You go Ray
The mans got an industrial sized air compressor in that wooden enclosure on the passenger side of the car and still refuses to use air tools. I’m spoiled on them and my right elbow is throbbing today cause it’s not used to the workout it got yesterday. Lol
Thank you so so much!!!! This was the most helpful video ever!!
Glad to hear it brother!
Great video guys. Something to actually break the Standard American tools on for a change
Hell yea. I love this Nova. I’m looking forward to the swap on it as well. She’s gonna be a really nice daily driver for Uncle Ray. 👍🏻
good job dudes, it does help thanks
Glad to hear it brother.
looks like a decent job to make the car way better stopping
Gotta like Ray. I think he just needed you film for Utube for him. Lol
Actually he didn’t really want to be on camera. That’s why I was focusing more on his hands in most of the video. 😉 Both my uncles are great people though. Just good old boys getting the job done. 👍🏻
What size fitting is it going to the back brakes from the positioning valve
I have a 1975 chevy caprice. I do have front disc brakes. I’m wondering if it’s the same has you nova so I can start putting new brakes on. Even A 1970s Truck I’ve been seeing on TH-cam
The best way to put those caps on is with a piece of pipe around it
Did you get the Booster/Master combo on the car? What name did you go with? Oh, you said the rear brake lines to proportioning valve wrong or backwards.
Everything we've done so far to this is covered in the DR Nova playlist brother. And the Proportioning valve installs exactly as stated. Although you can swap the input and output on the rears brakes if you want. It doesn't effect operation but the input line nut is a larger diameter so unless someone has swapped the lines out on them, it can only be installed as I explained.
Thanks for these videos. Did you still need to buy the proportioning valve even though the master cylinder you linked has one?
No, we bought this conversion kit and proportion valve before we bought the master cylinder so we ended up with a spare valve.
Bad Luck Garage two questions for yeah if you don’t mind. Was your engine from a truck? Did you have to change any pulleys or brackets to make it fit ?
Yes from a truck, no didn’t change anything. You can see all the brackets,etc I’m the video where we installed the engine.
I have a 1971 nova with all 4 drum breaks , I was told that I would need whole new break lines to go to disc ? Or dose the supplied line conect to my existing hard bent lines ? Thanks great video
All necessary steps were covered in this video and the one after it. 👍
I have a quick question about the disc conversion. I have a '74 Olds Omega, the twin to the Nova and I did the conversion. I was running 14 inch wheels with the drum brakes and I found that the caliper bracket rubs on the inside of the wheel. The manufacturer said that light grinding on the bracket will fix that problem. Did you have the same issue and were you able to fix it?
Hello Jes, thanks for watching! We were using 15” wheels and had no issue but I’m sure a little slight grinding on the bracket wouldn’t hurt anything. If 15” wheels fit without grinding than I can’t imagine you would have to take much material off for the 14” wheels to fit IF it was the same kit we used. If it was a different kit then I really can’t say as I haven’t used a different kit. 🤷♂️
Fixing to do this on my 72 427 big block nova it's been 6.21 @ 114mph in the 1/8th with a small block & took the whole shut down to get stopped with four wheel drum. Now that it has a 427 big block & runs 6.90s on motor i'm not gonna risk it now with the nitrous on the big block.
Honestly if you’re planning to be running 114+ in the 1/8 I’d probably be looking at something better than these stock style brakes brother.
What size brake booster and master cylinder did you use on your '73 Nova
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Was the copper washer supplied? I just got my order and they aren’t in there?
If you got the upgraded lines then they should be in there. If not then I don’t know if the standard kit came with them or not brother.
I installed disc brake system kit , brake booster master cylinder calipers and I still have hard braking any idea on what I should check , it’s for a 1973 Chevy nova ?
Sounds like a possible low vacuum or vacuum leak situation if they’re hard.
Do you have a video for the rear drums change to disc?
Not yet brother. Rays trying to decide if he wants to keep the 10 bolt or goto a 12 bolt so we haven't done a rear conversion yet. Probably coming after the new engine is in and running though so stick around!
If you do think of 98-02 Camaro brake swap.
I use a dead blow on dust caps
Yep that’ll work as long as it’s a plastic deadblow. Just don’t wanna crush the center in brother. 👍🏻
Are you supposed to grease the spindle before you install the new rotor with bearings?
Somebody didn’t watch the video
@BadLuckGarage I did buddy. You didn't in the video, but I saw in another they did. Just asking what's correct before I do mine
@@jamesseekford4928 The bearings ride on the spindle. You pack the bearings as shown in the video. If you want to throw more grease on the spindle you can but it’s pointless as long as you packed the bearings as shown in the video.
I'm in need of serious help. I've been through the ringer with my brakes on 73 Nova. Bought the booster kit suggested in another video. Bled the system, the front brakes do not engage. New conversion kit installed, new calipers. Would I need an upgrade on calipers to performance set? Please help, I think it may be cursed lol
Did you bench bleed the master cylinder before installing? All the air has to be out of the system and when you install a new master and all new calipers it takes a loooong time to bleed all the air out. I bet Ray and I bled all four corners for about an hour before we got a solid pedal. If you’ve done all that and still not getting anything then you may need to contact the seller/manufacturer because you may have gotten a bad booster or master cylinder.
@@BadLuckGarage yes I did bench bled. The rear is grabbing but the front, nothing. This is the 4th set of booster and master I've installed. Man I'm going insane on this. Maybe I'm not bleeding right, but I don't see bubbles and the fluid is coming out the calipers. Do you have a bled video?
It shows how to bench bleed the master cylinder in the master cylinder video. As for the brakes, the main thing is don’t let the master cylinder fluid level get below about half way while bleeding the brakes. We went through two large bottles of brake fluid before we got all the air out and front brakes working well. If the master cylinder is good and front brakes aren’t working, the only thing it could be that I can think of is either the wrong proportion valve, air is still trapped in the lines somewhere, or pressure/fluid is leaking somewhere. Other than that I don’t know what else could cause the issue. 🤷🏼♂️
@@BadLuckGarage I'm beginning to think the master isn't enough to push the caliper piston. Have you ran into this? The calipers have a lifetime warranty I can return
No I can’t say I ever have brother. 🤷♂️
I noticed you didn't use the metal brace that comes with the bearings, why? I see just the wheel seal. Thanks
I’m not sure what “brace” you’re referring to. All included parts were installed.
@@BadLuckGarage i meant the wheel bearing race. I just seen the actual bearing then the wheel seal installed, is the race not needed?
@@greygoosemac9895 The race is already in the disk from the factory. Thats why you never see it laid out as a separate piece. The kit installs exactly as shown.
I need one of these for the rear can anyone help me find one?
Same company makes a rear disk conversion kit as well.
Probably should of replaced both ball joints since u were in there.
Ideally on a project like this I prefer to purchase an entire front end kit and replace everything at once. But the previous owner had already replaced most of the components so Ray chose to only replace the components that needed to be replaced.
my only complaint is anvil breaks if i was p.o.l / i wold have a yota caliper option fer the big whell users i mean my old toyota truck in 1981 has twin piston calipers i used them with the 280z.but hey anything much much better than drum great show ;] oh if ye all have not tryed ebc breaks there are worth the cost n there made in kentucky i used them on 2005 mustang and them there yellow stuff ebc well worth it stoped much better than oem
I’m not gonna argue with that but these are a huge upgrade over the stock drums for sure. Hopefully I can get him that new booster and master cylinder and move on the nitrous install soon. 😈
You need to grease the brake pads!
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lol, John Holms.....
Even my jokes are old school. 🤣