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Canuck · June 24th, 2006, 07:09 PM

Hello. I should start of by introducing myself, my name is mike, people call me junior. Thanks for the forum and the chance to be a part of it.I own two olds, my 1981 olds cutlass sedan (my first car) and my newer car my 1964 olds Jetstar 88.

Now for my problem and question. I recently aquired a 64 jetstar 88 4dr. So i have read around the net that the brakes being 9.5" are very small for this car. As i plan to use this car as my daily driver (since my cutlass was recently the victim of T-boning), i would like to upgrade the brakes to maybe 11" brakes from another older b-body.

So...my question is what is the easiest way to upgrade my brakes with the least amount of modifications to my car. Would brakes for a 64 jetstar wagon do the trick or are their any other cars out there that would have some donor drums that would be easy to install.

I have heard people talk about kits by http://www.praisedynobrake.com and http://www.mpbrakes.com but i am not sure which kits will fit my application. Would i be looking under fullsize gm or under cutlass?

Thanks

Michael

PS I also read a post by Jdorour that said the rearend from a 98 was a bolt in for the jetstar and that it came with larger brakes...if so, is this a viable solution (are these rearends/brakes readily available online, or are they gonna be hard to come by). Thanks again.

June 24th, 2006, 07:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Canuck Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	Jetstar 88 9.5" drum conversion? jdorour? Hello. I should start of by introducing myself, my name is mike, people call me junior. Thanks for the forum and the chance to be a part of it.I own two olds, my 1981 olds cutlass sedan (my first car) and my newer car my 1964 olds Jetstar 88. Now for my problem and question. I recently aquired a 64 jetstar 88 4dr. So i have read around the net that the brakes being 9.5" are very small for this car. As i plan to use this car as my daily driver (since my cutlass was recently the victim of T-boning), i would like to upgrade the brakes to maybe 11" brakes from another older b-body. So...my question is what is the easiest way to upgrade my brakes with the least amount of modifications to my car. Would brakes for a 64 jetstar wagon do the trick or are their any other cars out there that would have some donor drums that would be easy to install. I have heard people talk about kits by http://www.praisedynobrake.com and http://www.mpbrakes.com but i am not sure which kits will fit my application. Would i be looking under fullsize gm or under cutlass? Thanks Michael PS I also read a post by Jdorour that said the rearend from a 98 was a bolt in for the jetstar and that it came with larger brakes...if so, is this a viable solution (are these rearends/brakes readily available online, or are they gonna be hard to come by). Thanks again.