Does anyone have a recommendation for a master cylinder for a four wheel disc brake conversion (model years, part #, etc)?

I need both manual and power brake recommendations. The car will be driven primarily by my wife and I'm sure manual brakes are fine, but just in case . . .

The car is a 1963 Dodge Dart GT convertible, 225/automatic.

Also, what proportioning vavle should I use? I see MP Brakes offers a master cylinder and valve. These look like GM parts.

TIA

--Walt Jackson

Well, you could possibly use a master cylinder from a 1989 through 1992 Dodge Spirit with 4-wheel discs. That's a 103" wheelbase car weighing around 3,000 pounds, so size and weightwise it's comparable. It's meant for use with a booster; it's the 2-bolt type, so you could probably adapt a booster from either the Spirit or an F-body (Aspen/Volaré).

Any particular reason you're going to 4-wheel discs instead of front disc/rear drum?

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Thanks, Dan for the suggestion.

Any ideas for manual brakes?

As to your question, I understand from the posts on this board that the improvement is marginal, but since my wife will be the primary driver of the car, I'll take that margin.

Plus, it's something else to experiment with on the car: the Tinker Factor.

I've already got the 8.75 rear with Moser axles.

I'll probably install the Wilwood kit with parking brake, but it sure is tempting to have a braket made to install the current Viper's dual calipers (one is the parking brake) on a Baer 1.25 inch wide rotor.

--Walt Jackson

I would need to look up the specs on that master cylinder (at the office) to see whether it might be amenable to nonpower use.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

It's not just the sprits it is also shadows, daytona, and lebarons with 4 wheel discs. They were all set up for diagonal proportioning so the front rear split is 50/50. I would definately use some kind of adjustable prop valve to dial it in.

I believe the 89 later mc is 24mm so call it 15/16 and it is comparable to a factory size. Since it was built to be used with a booster the chances of the mc having the groove for the retaining ring are slim to none.

I use a manual Corvette MC (65-67?) on my DeSoto and our mudbogger...cheap , available from NAPA and bulletproof.

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Hi, I have a M/C booster kit from master power brakes (mpbrakes.com)that works great for 4 wheel disc.It uses a corvette M/C.You might also want to check out tsmmfg.com for the rear kit.It was pretty easy to install and uses fairly common replacement parts.

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