Thinking of upgrading from power drum to power cpp 4 wheel disc just wondering if anyone has done it also any issues

 

I would go with just disc in the front. The rears are more trouble than it's worth.

 

Many people have done it. The stock front stuff is just fine for a normal car.

The only reason to change the rear is looks, or if you just really really hate servicing drums (me). It's quite a bit more complicated, and the common rear conversion kits use a very questionable design.

 

Are you planning to go with larger wheels? I have not done this yet, but the only way I would convert to 4 wheel disc is to go with 17" wheels and larger rotors. If you are keeping 14" wheels (or 15" for that matter), it seems to be that the consensus is that changing the front only is all you need to do. I cannot comment on CPP versus the others.

 

Currently running 15 inch centerline auto drags if I could find wheels that made me want to buy I could go bigger

 

I have heard thad mid 90s Camaro oem rear disc setup will bolt right up. Is there any truth to this. Has anyone tried it.

 

I was running 98 camaro brakes on all 4 corners of my vista before I tore it apart. So, 12 inch rotors all around with large 2-piston calipers in the front, and single-piston calipers in the back. I also used the camaro master cylinder on the original vista booster. These stopped awesome and were a great upgrade. The only catch is that you can't run the camaro rear brakes on a stock olds rear because the camaro uses a c-clip rear and olds did not. They will bolt up to a chevelle rear (factory c-clip) with 1/8" spacers between the axle housing and caliper mounts. Because a chevelle rear will bolt right into a cutlass and I have a ton of chevelle parts, I just threw in a chevelle 10 bolt posi when I installed the brakes. I used everything from the camaro rear (rotors, calipers, caliper mounts with internal parking brake, parking brake cables, and the parking brake cable mounts that I cut off of the camaro rear and welded to the chevelle 10-bolt I was running in my vista. When I upgraded the drive train to where it is now, I built a chevelle 12 bolt with 13" wilwood brakes for the back. The 10 bolt I was running is currently sitting in front of my garage with the camaro brakes still on it if anyone would like to see pics.

 

I did a Right Stuff rear disc conversion to a former '72 Skylark and I wouldn't bother again - no real braking performance gain and no matter how adjusted, the pads rattled over every bump...

I run 17" Torq Thrust wheels on my current '72 CS front disc/rear drums - no issues. I hate changing drum brakes but not enough to deal with another sketchy rear brake conversion kit...

 

The "LS" Camaro setup (98 to .... 02?) uses a 12 inch rotor, so that needs 17" or larger wheels.
I've never heard of the mid 90's Camaro as a swap option, but that doesn't necessarily mean much.

 

Correct, You will need to run larger wheels, but some 16" will work (factory camaro wheel was 16"). It is kind of like the factory 69-72 disc brake set up. Many vendors will say you have to run 15", but most of the cars that came with those brakes had 14" wheels from the factory. You just can't run the earlier 14" drum brake only wheels. I was already running 18" wheels with factory front discs and rear drums on the vista before I put on the camaro brakes so it was not an issue.

 

I have a 67 C/S and ordered the whole CPP kit all 4 wheels, master cylinder/ power brake booster and “pro-portioning valve- splitter).
The kit was a mashup of all sorts of vehicles (did not know that going in?) and they (CPP) said the kit was not really designed or test fit for the OLDS “A” body after I started the install. WTFudge. CPP did eventually work with me to get the rear hard brake lines bent/ matched for me. I like plug and play, as always not what really happens. I’m running 15” rims (minimum required to fit the calibers. Good luck

 

Thank you for letting me know I’m thinking of possibly going tall spindle with global west control arms now